Cuts To Health Care, Other Programs By States Trying To Address Budget Shortfalls Might Disproportionately Hurt Low-Income Populations

At least half of U.S. states are facing budgetary shortfalls, forcing lawmakers to consider “often painful” cuts in funding for health care and other programs to reduce spending and eliminate deficits, the Washington Post reports. Almost all states are required by their own laws or constitutions to balance their budgets.

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Filed under: Public Health on April 2nd, 2008