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FY09-11 Budget Cuts to Health and Environment Would Total 15%

Posted by Stacey Schultz at Dec 31, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Yesterday the Budget & Policy Center released an analysis of the Governor's supplemental budget proposal that details cuts in health and the environment, education, and economic security. To read the entire report, click here.

Every area of the budget has been affected by the enacted budget cuts and will continue to suffer under the Governor’s supplemental budget proposal. Taken together, the enacted cuts and the Governor’s supplemental budget proposed cuts include a 15 percent reduction in efforts to maintain healthy people and a clean, safe environment.

The tables below detail the budget cuts in the area of healthy people and the environment. These cuts span public and environmental health; child and family services; health insurance access and affordability; and long-term care, developmental disabilities, and mental health.

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