Washington, DC — Because taking away health care from millions of Americans and over 100,000 Iowans wasn’t enough, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01)’s Republican colleagues in Congress want to make EVEN MORE health care cuts to fund their unpopular and expensive war in Iran. But billionaires, don’t worry! Congresswoman Miller-Meeks isn’t going to touch your tax breaks…
Tone deaf doesn’t begin to describe this latest proposal. Well before the war in Iran, Congresswoman Miller-Meeks voted to:
- End the ACA tax credits, which have sent Iowans’ premiums skyrocketing and could force nearly 5 million Americans to forgo health insurance altogether.
- Make the biggest cut to Medicaid in history, which puts rural hospitals at risk of closure, to fund more tax breaks for the ultra-rich.
- Leave 10 million Americans without health care.
And now, congressional Republicans are floating additional health care cuts that would take Iowans’ insurance away from even more Americans and raise costs even higher.
“Republicans in Congress are really sticking to their brand here: First they slashed Medicaid, then they drove up premiums and put thousands more Iowans at risk of losing coverage, and now they’re asking, ‘what if we cut even more?’” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “More families could lose their ability to see a doctor if Congresswoman Miller-Meeks backs this new plan and takes away their health care to fund a war and protect her precious billionaire tax breaks. What side will she be on?”
Key Points from Axios:
GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war
- Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement.
- Why it matters: New efforts to rein in health programs are sure to be controversial and open the GOP up to election-year attacks that they’re cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war.
- House Budget Committee chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) is reviving an idea that was considered last year to fund Affordable Care Act payments known as cost-sharing reductions.
- It would cut the subsidy amount that some enrollees receive, thereby increasing out-of-pocket premium costs, while saving the government over $30 billion.
- Many Republicans want any bill to be fully paid for, which is where potential health care changes come in.
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