The Senate’s draft budget bill would cut Medicaid for older adults and people with disabilities even more deeply than the House version. It would scrap a Biden-era minimum staffing rule for nursing homes. And, at the same time, it drops a House proposal to increase tax-free savings that higher-income households could use to buy long-term care insurance or pay caregiving [...]
Deregulation has been a cornerstone of the Republican brand for decades. And the Trump Administration vows to cut government red tape wherever it finds it. Yet, House Republicans would use their just-passed budget bill to create reams of paperwork explicitly intended to block low- and moderate income households or immigrants from government assistance to which they are legally entitled. Just [...]
President Trump’s 2026 budget would freeze spending for many services for older adults, deeply cut others, continue his efforts to slash government staffing for key programs, and abolish a critical federal office that manages many of those initiatives. It would retain, but sharply reduce funding for, the National Institute on Aging. It would restructure and cut funding for low-income housing, [...]