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Seven things Trump's $500bn spending splurge tells us
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Healthcare gets a boost

US health programmes were one of the big winners from the budget accord. While Republicans in Congress tried to take a hatchet to Obama-era health insurance regulations last year, 2018 will bring a flood of new funding.

There's $2bn for additional medical research, $6bn in funds to address the opioid addiction crisis and roughly $7bn for community health centres - which serve as a key access point for millions of Americans seeking low-cost medical treatment made possible by Obamacare coverage expansion.

Chip, a popular state-run health insurance programme for children in low-income families that nearly ran out of money last month, also received enough federal funding to operate for the next 10 years.