FW: The Gavel Blog -- Top 15 Ways Ryan Republican Budget Harms Women And Their Families
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Judy Reed
Apr 15, 2014, 3:35:18 AM4/15/14
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Subject: The Gavel Blog -- Top 15 Ways Ryan Republican Budget Harms Women And Their Families
April 9, 2014
Top 15 Ways Ryan Republican Budget Harms
Women And Their Families
Repeals Protections and Benefits Millions of Women Enjoy Under ACA
Insurance companies would be allowed once again to charge women more than men for the same health coverage.
Insurance companies would be allowed once again to treat being a woman as a ³pre-existing condition.²
Millions of women and their families would be stripped of the private Marketplace health plans and the expanded Medicaid coverage they have obtained under the Affordable Care Act.
More than 47 million women would again have to pay out-of-pocket for lifesaving preventive health care services, like mammograms and cervical cancer screenings.
Undermines Women¹s Economic Security
The Ryan Republican budget fails to call for increasing the minimum wage, leaving the nearly two-thirds of our nation¹s minimum wage workers who are women behind.
The Ryan Republican budget fails to call for a bill promoting equal pay for equal work for women, with women on average still earning only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.
The Ryan Republican budget cuts Food Stamps by $137 billion over the next 10 years, which would be devastating for millions of America¹s women. Nearly 62 percent of adult Food Stamp recipients are women.
At least 200,000 women and children would be dropped from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), if the GOP¹s 15 percent cut in non-defense appropriations in 2016 was applied across-the-board.
Punishes Women Seniors and Cuts Health Benefits to Give Tax Breaks to Millionaires
Up to 4 million women seniors in the Rx drug Œdonut hole¹ would immediately have to start paying more for their Rx drugs because the Ryan Republican budget re-opens the Œdonut hole.¹ As a result, seniors in the Œdonut hole¹ will be forced to pay an additional $18,000 on average for their Rx drugs over 10 years.
Women make up 55 percent of Medicare enrollees and would suffer the most when the Medicare guarantee is replaced with a voucher in 2024 with premiums for traditional Medicare going up by 50 percent on average. Indeed, the Republican plan would drive traditional Medicare into a ³death spiral.²
The Ryan Republican budget slashes Medicaid by $732 billion over 10 years or by nearly 25 percent in 2024 with the largest impact on women. Nearly 70 percent of Medicaid¹s adult beneficiaries are women; in addition, Medicaid is the primary payer for 64 percent of nursing home residents, who are mostly women.
66 percent of individuals who depend on senior meals like Meals on Wheels are women. Senior meals would be cut by 15 percent in 2016 if the GOP cut in non-defense appropriations [were] applied proportionately.
Threatens Our Nation¹s Competitiveness for Generations to Come
Up to 5.6 million women students would find college less affordable due to $145 billion in cuts in Pell Grants under the Ryan Republican budget.
Up to 170,000 children would lose access to Head Start and up to 3.4 million disadvantaged children at 8,000 schools would lose vital Title I education funding, if the Ryan Republican Budget¹s 15 percent cut in non-defense appropriations in 2016 was applied across-the-board.
Parents of tens of thousands of children would be impacted by a 15 percent cut in help with child care expenses in 2016, if the GOP cut in non-defense appropriations [were] applied proportionately.
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From: "Dem Leader Press Office" <dem.leader...@mail.house.gov>
Reply-To: ned.ad...@mail.house.gov
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:01:05 -0400
To: Judy...@earthlink.net
Subject: The Gavel Blog -- Top 15 Ways Ryan Republican Budget Harms Women And Their Families
April 9, 2014
Top 15 Ways Ryan Republican Budget Harms
Women And Their Families Repeals Protections and Benefits Millions of Women Enjoy Under ACA
Insurance companies would be allowed once again to charge women more than men for the same health coverage.
Insurance companies would be allowed once again to treat being a woman as a ³pre-existing condition.²
Millions of women and their families would be stripped of the private Marketplace health plans and the expanded Medicaid coverage they have obtained under the Affordable Care Act.
More than 47 million women would again have to pay out-of-pocket for lifesaving preventive health care services, like mammograms and cervical cancer screenings.
Undermines Women¹s Economic Security
The Ryan Republican budget fails to call for increasing the minimum wage, leaving the nearly two-thirds of our nation¹s minimum wage workers who are women behind.
The Ryan Republican budget fails to call for a bill promoting equal pay for equal work for women, with women on average still earning only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.
The Ryan Republican budget cuts Food Stamps by $137 billion over the next 10 years, which would be devastating for millions of America¹s women. Nearly 62 percent of adult Food Stamp recipients are women.
At least 200,000 women and children would be dropped from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), if the GOP¹s 15 percent cut in non-defense appropriations in 2016 was applied across-the-board.
Punishes Women Seniors and Cuts Health Benefits to Give Tax Breaks to Millionaires
Up to 4 million women seniors in the Rx drug Œdonut hole¹ would immediately have to start paying more for their Rx drugs because the Ryan Republican budget re-opens the Œdonut hole.¹ As a result, seniors in the Œdonut hole¹ will be forced to pay an additional $18,000 on average for their Rx drugs over 10 years.
Women make up 55 percent of Medicare enrollees and would suffer the most when the Medicare guarantee is replaced with a voucher in 2024 with premiums for traditional Medicare going up by 50 percent on average. Indeed, the Republican plan would drive traditional Medicare into a ³death spiral.²
The Ryan Republican budget slashes Medicaid by $732 billion over 10 years or by nearly 25 percent in 2024 with the largest impact on women. Nearly 70 percent of Medicaid¹s adult beneficiaries are women; in addition, Medicaid is the primary payer for 64 percent of nursing home residents, who are mostly women.
66 percent of individuals who depend on senior meals like Meals on Wheels are women. Senior meals would be cut by 15 percent in 2016 if the GOP cut in non-defense appropriations [were] applied proportionately.
Threatens Our Nation¹s Competitiveness for Generations to Come
Up to 5.6 million women students would find college less affordable due to $145 billion in cuts in Pell Grants under the Ryan Republican budget.
Up to 170,000 children would lose access to Head Start and up to 3.4 million disadvantaged children at 8,000 schools would lose vital Title I education funding, if the Ryan Republican Budget¹s 15 percent cut in non-defense appropriations in 2016 was applied across-the-board.
Parents of tens of thousands of children would be impacted by a 15 percent cut in help with child care expenses in 2016, if the GOP cut in non-defense appropriations [were] applied proportionately.
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