Trump Budget Draws Ire, Concern From Minority Communities

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Mon, 05/29/2017 - 12:37am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump's proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to black Americans during his campaign: "What the hell do you have to lose?" Trump's budget would slash Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provide health insurance for millions of poor families, by $616 billion over the next decade. The head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep.

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