Deficits Force States to Slash Programs That Serve the Needy

State budget woes are causing major cuts in health insurance for the needy, as well as other safety-net programs for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed, reports the Associated Press.

An analysis of 50 states’ budgets reveals that governors and legislators are making their biggest cuts in health care programs, as many states confront their worst deficits in a decade or more.

Diane Rowland, executive director of the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, noted that since many benefits cut during the last economic downturn had not been restored, “now, the only place to cut is at the core.”

See The Chronicle’s article on the ways state budgets are affecting nonprofit organizations and the people they serve.

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