How does the #TrumpBudget impact veterans and their families?
Scroll through to see how deep cuts to key social programs and services impact millions of veterans and their families.
The #TrumpBudget cuts #Medicaid by $900 billion over the next 10 years.
This cut puts the health and security of over 1.7 million veterans at risk — especially those who need intensive care for conditions like traumatic brain injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
Approximately 9.3 million veterans rely on #Medicare as their primary or supplemental insurance.
The #TrumpBudget cuts #Medicare by $500 billion over 10 years leaving these veterans with uncertainty about how to pay for the care they need.
The #TrumpBudget plans to cut $292 billion from programs that support working & vulnerable families.
This includes a $182 billion cut to #SNAP — harming the 1.3 million veterans that live in households participating in the program.
No veteran deserves to be food insecure.
Helping homeless veterans requires an all-hands-on-deck approach.
With zero new HUD-VASH vouchers & slashed funding for HUD itself, the #TrumpBudget proposal is not the solution we need to help homeless veterans find and sustain permanent housing.
With deep cuts to programs such as #SNAP, #TANF, and #Medicaid, the #TrumpBudget fails to understand how important the #SocialSafetyNet is to veterans and their families.
The men and women who served our country need to know that we have their back.
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