Not exact matches
If they
cut spending, will it be on consumption items, such as health
care for the
elderly, or on growth - promoting investments, such as education for the young?
- Social programs for the poor - Affordable
care for the sick - Medicare for the
elderly - Tax
cuts for the Middle Class & poor
«I have consistently fought against
cuts to our health
care system that would diminish the quality of
care and burden the
elderly, the disabled and working families of New York State because I know how important an accessible and adequately funded healthcare system is.»
What you have to ask yourself right now is whether you are prepared to sacrifice lives - the lives of children being raised in poverty, the lives of patients being left to die on trolleys in hospital corridors, the lives of disabled people who are
cut off and abandoned to their fates, the lives of the
elderly left shivering at home or shamefully neglected in profit - driven
care homes.
She had lost her job because of local council
cuts; her partner was terminally ill; her
elderly mother was struggling to pay for
care; and her own health problems were making it harder for her to get a job.
The Education and Labor Committee made deep
cuts in programs that it knew were politically sacred: Head Start and impact aid for local schools, and
care for the
elderly.
The list of charities facing funding
cuts includes 112 adult
care charities, 142
elderly - related charities, 382 children's and young people - related charities and 151 disability - related charities.
Also, fellows - let's not get too
cut happy with health
care and social support programs, especially for the
elderly, the poor and those that don't have bloated paychecks, expense accounts, drivers and the other little perks you all enjoy....
Senator Connor has consistently fought against efforts to dismantle New York's health
care system, and has opposed proposals to
cut vital medical
care and other human services for children, the
elderly and people with disabilities.
The tri-county area's leading provider of home health
care aides said they are on the bubble, and any
cuts would have «devastating effects» to the frail and
elderly.
Analysis by Politics.co.uk of council reports from across England shows that many have been frantically trying to
cut spending during the year by
cutting high - cost
care packages for
elderly and disabled people and holding open staff vacancies.
And they warned it is inevitable that councils would have to
cut back on social
care — potentially hitting thousands of
elderly people who rely on it.
The big shift was the passage of Obamacare, which was funded by a large
cut to Medicare Parts A & B. It's not as if that law repealed the health
care needs of the
elderly, but only the rates at which doctors would be paid.
With the household income suddenly
cut in half and the extra expenses involved in
caring for his
elderly mother, Paul struggled to make ends meet, and nearly lost his home — but he didn't, thanks to the generosity of people across the United States who rushed to help him after learning about his story via ModestNeeds.org.