House Dems: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Inconsistent With HIV Proposal

House Democrats repeatedly asked how the Trump administration would meet its goals of eradicating new HIV transmissions by 2030 if the proposed budget would cut $1.3 trillion from the Medicaid program. Despite HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan’s defense of the cuts at a House Budget Committee hearing on Tuesday (March 26), a patient advocate group says block grants would cause HIV patients to lose access to coverage. In his opening statement, Hargan touted a $291 million proposal in the president’s...