SIDE-BY-SIDE: Key Republicans 2024 Margin of Victory vs. Their District’s Medicaid Population

Vulnerable House Republicans Vote to Slash the Health Care Their Constituents Depend On

This week, Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted to advance a budget resolution that includes slashing Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. This budget resolution opens the door for Republicans to achieve their goal of cutting up to $2 trillion from Medicaid, ripping away health care from tens of millions of Americans. 

Ten key Republican lawmakers voted in favor of these devastating health care cuts despite their narrow margin of victory in 2024. At the same time, a significant number of their constituents depend on Medicaid for their health care. If these lawmakers continue to support these cuts, their own constituents will lose coverage. 

“By voting for Medicaid cuts, these members are turning their backs on their own communities,” said Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach. “These lawmakers won by a narrow margin in 2024, but they are willing to jeopardize coverage for their own friends and neighbors. By ignoring the impact of these cuts on their constituents, every House Republican who voted for this horrific budget is playing a dangerous game. If they go through with ripping away health care, they will face the ire of their constituents.”