Ads Will Run in Four Additional House Districts After Republicans Advance Budget Slashing Medicaid to Pay For Tax Breaks For the Ultra-Wealthy
Washington, D.C. – Protect Our Care is launching a new round of ads targeting four Republican lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Last week, House Republicans voted to press forward with their budget that includes the largest Medicaid cuts in history. Now, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is tasked with finding $880 billion in cuts without touching Medicare or Social Security. According to the Congressional Budget Office, to achieve the GOP budget goals, they must cut Medicaid, putting health care for more than 70 million people in jeopardy
The latest ads are part of Protect Our Care’s ongoing 10-million-dollar “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign, following an ad featuring Steve Bannon urging Republicans to be “careful” about cutting Medicaid and highlighting widespread, bipartisan opposition to Medicaid cuts.
“These Republicans play a critical role in determining just how devastating these Medicaid cuts will be,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “By charging forward with cuts to Medicaid, Republicans are turning their backs on their constituents and prioritizing tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations at the expense of the health and financial well-being of hard-working families. Millions across the country are counting on Republicans to do the right thing and reject cuts to Medicaid. If Republicans continue on this path, there will be a price to pay. ”
The ads will launch in the following districts: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), John James (MI-10), Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07), and Gabe Evans (CO-08). The ads were previously launched in David Schweikert (AZ-01), David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), Ken Calvert (CA-41), Nick LaLota (NY-01), Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Nick Langworthy (NY-23), Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07), Scott Perry (PA-10), and Dan Newhouse (WA-04).
Links to each of the 30-second ads can be found below:
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01)
John James (MI-10)
Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07)
Gabe Evans (CO-08)
Sample Ad Script for IA-01
Narrator: Your representative in Congress, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, just voted to slash our health care to help pay for massive tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
Over 70 million Americans count on Medicaid for their health care. And putting seniors, children with disabilities, working families, and rural hospitals at risk to provide another tax break for the wealthiest Americans is just plain wrong.
Call Mariannette Miller-Meeks and tell her – Hands off Medicaid.
Previous “Hands Off Medicaid” Ads
- Protect Our Care, Steve Bannon Warn Republicans in Congress Not to Cut Medicaid
- Protect Our Care Launches Spanish-Language Ads About Damage GOP Medicaid Cuts Would Have on Hispanic Communities
- Lifelong Republican and Trump Voter Calls Out GOP Attempts to Cut Medicaid – “Cutting It Will Hurt Us All”
- Protect Our Care Launches New Ads After Republicans Vote to Decimate Medicaid
- Protect Our Care Launches Eight-Figure “Hands Off Medicaid” Campaign to Protect Health Care from Devastating Cuts