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FACT CHECK: Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ New Ad Lies About Her Record Shilling for Insurance Companies

Mariannette Miller-Meeks is out with a whopper of a new ad, claiming she’ll stand up to the insurance companies – when the truth is she is bought and paid for by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

GET THE FACTS: 

  • Miller-Meeks has taken more than $450,000 from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries and $303,000 from the insurance industry.
  • Bombshell reporting exposed Miller-Meeks for renting a D.C. condo from two lobbyists whose firm made millions working for PhRMA, while Miller-Meeks sat on a subcommittee overseeing drug pricing issues.
  • Miller-Meeks voted against capping insulin prices on the *same day* that she took money from an insulin manufacturer.
  • At the same time she was fighting against health care tax credits for Iowa families, Miller-Meeks took tens of thousands of dollars from insurance companies.
  • Miller-Meeks wrote a health care plan that would undermine protections for Iowans with pre-existing conditions – a payday to the insurance industry.
  • Miller-Meeks said higher health care costs mean that Iowans have “some skin in the game” and are incentivized to stay healthier and not overuse their doctor.

DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Mariannette Miller-Meeks works for the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical lobby, and her record proves it. Iowans know she sells them out to the highest bidder and it’s why they’ll reject her lies and fire her this November.”

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