Ann Wagner Cast the Deciding Vote to Gut Health Care, Food Assistance for Thousands of Missourians

Vulnerable Missouri Republican Ann Wagner cast the deciding vote last week to gut vital services her constituents depend on, including Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance.

New analysis shows that Wagner’s plan would kick 17,153 of her own constituents off their health care. Nearly 10,500 households in Wagner’s district are also at risk of going hungry under Wagner and House Republicans’ Tax Scam.

DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Republican Ann Wagner cast the deciding vote to rip health care and food assistance away from thousands of Missouri families, all to pay for permanent tax cuts for billionaires. Missourians are paying attention and will hold Wagner accountable in 2026.”

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KSDK Channel 5: Medicaid cuts are closer to reality. Health care experts warn they could spell disaster for Missouri’s nursing homes

• Despite millions of Americans at risk of losing health care coverage, House Republicans passed Trump’s big bill of tax breaks early Thursday morning.
• The plan would worsen a growing Medicaid crisis that’s swallowed numerous nursing homes around Missouri.
• The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office … said the nation’s lowest-income households would see their resources drop, while the richest would see a boost.
• Five major nursing homes throughout Missouri shut down over the past year, including Festus Manor and Northview Village near St. Louis. Both closed due to reported financial issues, which left numerous residents displaced and even caused a missing persons case.
• Around 67% of Missouri’s nursing homes are largely funded by Medicaid, including over 95% of nursing homes in St. Louis.

First Alert 4: Thousands of Missourians could lose Medicaid coverage under proposed changes

• In our region, health clinics are concerned patients will no longer receive care if Medicaid benefits are cut. In Missouri alone, 1.3 million people use Medicaid.
• “Our biggest payer, in terms of providing those services, is Medicaid.”
• Missouri could lose over half a billion dollars for Medicaid patients … That would make about 90,000 Missourians lose coverage.

KOMU 8: How U.S. House proposal to cut Medicaid and SNAP funding affects Missourians

• The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the largest cut to Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the history of both programs.
• The 1,000-plus-page bill could lead to large declines in Medicaid and food stamp accessibility for Americans.
• That House bill cuts at least $625 billion from Medicaid. It increases red tape and adds requirements that will reduce coverage and restrict how states raise money to support Medicaid. The bill also cuts $300 billion from SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.
• More than 90,000 Missourians are projected to lose health coverage as a result of the cuts.
• The bill puts 150,000 Missourians’ food assistance at risk.
• Medicaid funding helps rural providers stay afloat, keeping their doors open for community members in need.
• If the Senate passes this bill, there could be an increase in food insecurity rates in Missouri. Currently, 1 in 7 adults and 1 in 6 children experience food insecurity in Missouri.

Missouri Independent: Cuts to food aid endorsed by Congressional GOP could cost Missouri $400 million

• Missouri could lose around $400 million in federal funding for food assistance under a plan approved by Congressional Republicans Thursday — which would strain the state budget and likely strip thousands of low-income families of food aid across the state.
• Roughly one-tenth of Missouri’s population, or over 650,000 people, receive SNAP benefits.
• The legislation aims to extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, a move the Congressional Budget Office projected would decrease resources for low-income families while increasing resources for top earners.
• The package passed in the House early Thursday could cut $267 billion from SNAP over 10 years, according to the CBO’s preliminary analysis earlier this week. It would also cut over $600 billion from Medicaid.
• Missouri’s Republican House delegation voted for the bill and Democrats voted against it.