June 2, 2009

This Morning’s NC House Health Budget Cuts

Posted at 10:16 AM by Adam Searing

We post the official NC House Health and Human Services budget cut list from this morning. This is revised over the one from last week and includes even deeper cuts. Health insurance for children is closed, public dental health programs are eliminated, dental care for adults along with physical, occupational and speech therapy is basically gone from Medicaid:

hse-bdgt-hhs-june2 (PDF)

These cuts take over $3 billion out of the North Carolina economy, leave tens of millions of federal dollars (like for children’s health insurance) lying on the table, and take direct aim at our already crippled mental health system.

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Ma.gnolia
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • YahooMyWeb
  • E-mail this story to a friend!

5 Comments

5 Comments Add yours »

The Progressive Pulse – Will the General Fund Get the Gas Tax Treatment? 3 Jun 2009 4:53 pm

[...] that it looks like it will get some sort of revenue enhancing reprieve while all around it programs serving the poor and vulnerable are getting the [...]

Niki 3 Jun 2009 8:34 pm

Capping NCHC and virtually refusing $15 million of federal money for our SCHIP to save the state $5 million!!!!!! What??? When are legislators going to look past their immediate term and consider the long term consequences of their decisions? Will the time ever come that decision-makers will demonstrate the wisdom of Ben Franklin’s adage …”an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The consequences of capping NCHC (on top of the recent reduction in benefits) will be devastating – both immediately and long-term for everyone … not just for those who qualify or the providers but for all of us as citizens, tax payers, and people of good conscience. We all should pray that people with good sense get power and in the meantime, pray that people with power get good sense!!!

Jim 8 Jun 2009 12:57 pm

if passed, when will the cuts be effective?

Adam Searing 8 Jun 2009 1:10 pm

most would go into effect june 30, 2009

quanita drake 1 Sep 2009 2:08 pm

this is so said im a parent of a child with down syndrome his 10 years old and i love him to death .but all his services was cut today sept 1,.i was so upset that they would do something like this to a the child and parents . this service help me more then they amagine. i just will pray and leave up to god to touch this unsensative people heart.

Add your comment

Please keep comments on topic and be respectful of other commenters. Inflammatory comments will be edited or removed.

Search

Previous Posts

  1. Private HMOs taking over NC Medicaid Program?
  2. NAMI-NC: Fearing unintended consequences
  3. An open letter to Larry Kissell
  4. State Health Plan responds to university faculty

NC Policy Watch