House Appropriators Propose 6% Cut to Health Department Funding

House Republicans are taking a middle-of-the road approach to funding the federal health department by making deeper cuts than their Senate counterparts but granting only some of President Donald Trump’s wishes.

House appropriators unveiled their version of the appropriations bill for the Health and Human Services Department on Monday, which provides the department $108 billion in discretionary funding, cutting $7 billion—or 6%—from the previous year.

Read the bill text here and summary here.

This is lower than the $116 billion proposed in the Senate, but still higher than the $94.7 billion in Trump’s budget request.

Under the proposal, the ...