John Shimkus: “under the current Illinois SCHIP program, it covers up to 200 percent of poverty, $41,300 in annual income for a family…”

“under the current Illinois SCHIP program, it covers up to 200 percent of poverty, $41,300 in annual income for a family of four; 26,830, or 31 percent of all families with children under the age of 18, in my district are already eligible for either Medicaid or SCHIP. In this bill, Democrats have opposed cutting at least $194 billion in Medicare spending. Specifically, the Democrats have proposed cutting Medicare spending for 6,070 seniors in my district who are currently enrolled in Medicare Advantage. Payments for hospital inpatient care will be cut $2.7 billion; inpatient rehabilitation services, $6.6 billion; skilled nursing facilities, a $6.5 billion cut; certain drugs, $1.9 billion in cuts; home health care, $7.2 billion; end-stage renal disease cut by $3.6 billion; motorized wheelchair and oxygen cuts.”