It has been just over a year since Donald Trump signed into law Republicans’ One Big Ugly Bill, and Americans are paying the price.
Senate Republicans slashed Medicaid and kicked millions of Americans off their health care in order to fund a massive tax giveaway for Trump’s billionaire buddies.
The consequences of their actions are being felt across the country. Insurance costs have surged. Families have lost health care coverage. Local hospitals are at risk of closing. And all of this can be blamed on Senate Republicans advancing the health care gutting bill and other legislation that has harmed everyday Americans. This November, voters across the country will hold Senate Republicans accountable and defeat them at the ballot box.
Here are eight GOP Senate candidates who have supported gutting health care funding and how the bill is impacting the communities they claim to represent:
Thanks to Dan Sullivan’s vote, tens of thousands of Alaskans are at risk of losing health care coverage, and Alaskans’ health insurance costs are skyrocketing. Here are just some of the impacts on his constituents:
Roughly 28,000 Alaskans will lose their health insurance.
$2 billion cut in Medicaid funding for Alaska, impacting clinic and hospital funding, particularly in rural areas.
27,000 Alaskan families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs while grocery prices are hitting record highs.
Mike Collins “helped whip votes to pass” and voted to take health care away from Georgians to give tax breaks to billionaires. Here are some of the ways Collins’ vote will impact Georgians:
721,000 Georgians will lose their health care insurance.
$6 billion cut in Medicaid funding for Georgia.
729,000 families will lose access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Ashley Hinson said she was “proud” to vote for the Republican plan to slash Medicaid and kick millions of Americans off their health insurance and celebrated its passage. As a result of her vote:
110,000 Iowans will lose their health care insurance.
$9 billion cuts in Medicaid funding for Iowa.
134,000 families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Susan Collins provided a “key” and “pivotal” vote to advance the Republican plan to slash Medicaid and kick millions of Americans off their health insurance. Here is how it’s affecting Maine:
49,000 Mainers will lose their health care insurance.
$3 billion in cuts to Medicaid funding for Maine.
101,000 families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Senate candidate Mike Rogers supported the GOP’s health care cutting bill, calling it a “monumental victory.” But these cuts have harmed Michiganders:
390,000 Michiganders will lose their health care insurance.
$32 billion in cuts to Medicaid funding for Michigan.
800,000 families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Senate candidate Michael Whatley supported taking away health care, calling the GOP plan a “huge win.” Here is what North Carolina is facing:
515,000 North Carolinians will lose their health care insurance.
$23 billion cut in Medicaid funding for North Carolina.
784,000 families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Jon Husted not only voted in favor of gutting health care funding, he also called the bill that cut Medicaid, put Ohio hospitals at risk, and took food away from families, “pro-family.” Here is what his constituents face:
460,000 Ohioans will lose their health care insurance.
$33 billion cut in Medicaid funding for Ohio.
717,000 families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Senate candidate Ken Paxton spoke out in favor of the health care gutting bill and called its passage an “incredible moment.” Texans are already bearing the brunt of these cuts; now it is only getting worse under the Paxton-backed plan:
1.4 million Texans will lose their health care insurance.
$31 billion cut in Medicaid funding for Texas.
1.5 million families will lose some or all access to food assistance programs due to cuts to SNAP.
Bottom line: in state after state, GOP candidates are on the record supporting devastating cuts to health care and programs families rely on in order to give the GOP tax giveaways to billionaires. Their priorities are twisted -- Americans deserve leaders who will fight for them, not the ultra-wealthy and special interests who are underwriting their campaigns.
Across the country, Republicans have made life harder for Americans -- spiking costs, slashing access to health care, and gutting programs that help families put food on the table. Democrats offer a change and are fully committed to lowering costs, protecting health care, and standing up to Trump and Republicans’ blatant corruption.
Voters have the opportunity to hold these MAGA candidates responsible for the harm they are causing this November. But in order to defeat them, it will take a team.
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