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This is the first in a series of articles about how the Ryan/Romney budget affects Pennsylvania.  The research comes from our allies, as indicated in the links.

How the Ryan/Romney Budget Hurts Pennsylvania

From Nuns on the Bus

Head Start

 

Cuts $66.3 million out of Pennsylvania's Head Start budget over two years

Eliminates 9,754 Head Start preschool slots for Pennsylvania children over two years

Results in 3,530 lost jobs over two years

Special Education

Cuts more than $108 million out of special education funding for Pennsylvania

Affects nearly 73,000 special education students in Pennsylvania

Title I

Reduces educational services for 147,300 disadvantaged Pennsylvania students by 2014

Results in 1,530 job losses

Medicaid

1,620,000 fewer Pennsylvania seniors and children receive health care

Between 213,401 and 215,652 Pennsylvania jobs lost over five years, mostly in the private sector

Health insurance for small businesses and their employees

Ends tax credit that would help 131,780 Pennsylvania small business offer health insurance to their employees

Takes an average of $859 out of the pocket of the approximately 712,800 Pennsylvania small business employees who would be helped by the tax credit to their employers to purchase health insurance

 Medicare prescription drugs

Costs Pennsylvania seniors approximately $162,459,000 a year

Takes approximately $670 a year out of the pockets of 243,400 Pennsylvania seniors.

 Supplementary Nutrition/Food Stamps

3,611 fewer Pennsylvania jobs

159 million fewer meals for low-income Pennsylvania families

 

Posted by Suzanne Merkelson