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President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2021 arrives at the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & SocietyNews
Ryan Di Corpo
The president’s proposal, released on Monday, extends the tax cuts he signed in 2017 for a decade, increases spending on defense and veterans’ affairs, cuts foreign aid and makes significant cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid and programs created by the Affordable Care Act.
In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has a Medicaid deal for states: more control over health care spending on certain low-income residents if they agree to a limit on how much the feds kick in. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“It is unacceptable for the federal government to walk away from its shared commitment under the Medicaid program to ensure care for all low-income and vulnerable individuals in our country,” reads a statement released on Jan. 31 by the Catholic Health Association, the domestic justice committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA.
FaithFeatures
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Saint Vincent’s made a habit of serving people on the margins.
FaithPodcasts
Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church
In the series finale of ‘Plague,’ Mike looks at what’s happening in the church in HIV and AIDS care today and then reflects on comments and questions from listeners about the ongoing debates over LGBT issues in the Catholic Church.
FaithPodcasts
Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church
In the fifth episode of "Plague," Mike visits the small Midwestern city of Belleville, Illinois, where a Catholic Sister broke ground in the 1980s by opening an organization to provide services for people living with HIV and AIDS.
FaithPodcasts
Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church
Learn more at www.americamag.org/plague.