ICYMI: NYT: Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters Arrow

Key Point: "Republicans are mulling deep cuts in safety net spending, partly to offset big tax cuts aimed mostly at the wealthy. But some programs they propose to cut reach not just the poorest Americans but also struggling working class voters, many of whom helped elect Mr. Trump in November."

New York Times: Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters

By Jason DeParle

• Republicans are mulling deep cuts in safety net spending, partly to offset big tax cuts aimed mostly at the wealthy. But some programs they propose to cut reach not just the poorest Americans but also struggling working class voters, many of whom helped elect Mr. Trump in November.
  
• Reasons to expect deep reductions start with Mr. Trump's first term, when he sought wholesale cuts in food stamps, Medicaid and housing aid, and nearly repealed the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance to 44 million Americans.

• Critics say [Republicans' new] rules deny people care. They point to Arkansas, which dropped about 18,000 people from the rolls, many with jobs.
  
• The A.C.A. has also brought Medicaid to the working poor. With federal funds covering most of the cost, 40 states and the District of Columbia cover adults up to 138 percent of the poverty line - about $43,000 for a family of four. Republicans fought the expansion, and some would reverse it by cutting the subsidies.
  
• Mr. Trump proposed to reduce the number of Housing Choice Vouchers, the main assistance program, by more than 10 percent.