As Americans, we have much for which to be thankful. We are thankful for the sacrifices of our veterans and active duty service men and women who have fought for our freedoms at home and abroad.

We are thankful for our first responders who run towards danger to ensure our health and safety. We are thankful for the farmer and fisherman that harvest our food, our teachers who inspired us, and our friends and family who love us unconditionally.

Most of the headlines about the federal budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday focus on the big tax cuts pushed and won by the GOP.

But U.S Rep. William Keating said there's another budget story to be told, one that impacts thousands of Cape and Islanders and their health care. The budget cuts half a trillion dollars from the Medicare program for people age 65 and over and $1.4 trillion from Medicaid, the government subsidized health care program for people with lower incomes, Keating said.