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Gabe Evans Keeps Getting Busted By Fact Checkers For Lying About Medicaid Cuts

Evans voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history – even though nearly 1 in 3 of his own constituents depend on the program
Another fact checker just debunked Gabe Evans’ false claims about Medicaid.

Despite voting for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, Evans continues to falsely state that he and his fellow Republicans are “not cutting” Medicaid.

It’s no wonder why Evans is lying… Nearly 2 in 3 registered voters in his ultra competitive district say they will not support a candidate who voted to cut Medicaid funding.

DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Gabe Evans is a spineless liar who will say just about anything to stay in power. Independent experts agree: Evans voted to cut Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion and kick thousands of his own constituents off their health care. Anything less is a flat out lie.”

See for yourself…

Colorado Sun: Gabe Evans claims the Republican tax and spending bill he voted for doesn’t cut Medicaid. That’s misleading.

  • Evans said the bill does not cut Medicaid:  “We’re not cutting Medicaid,” he said. “Medicaid spending goes up under this.”
  • Evans appears to be the only Colorado representative claiming that the law does not cut Medicaid — and he’s made the claim repeatedly.
  • In fact, the law will cut federal spending on Medicaid by about $1 trillion over the next 10 years… That represents a 15% cut in the Medicaid spending compared with what was planned before the law.
  • Colorado will be among the hardest hit states, according to KFF. Federal spending on Medicaid in Colorado will be cut by about 16%, or about $14 billion, over the 10-year period, the analysis found.
  • Edwin Park, a public policy research professor and expert in Medicaid financing at Georgetown University, called Evans’ statement “misleading and incorrect.”
  • “This is an old, misleading argument that has been used by Congressional Republicans for decades to try to justify spending cuts including to Medicaid,” Park said in an email.
  • Park used a salary metaphor: If someone is promised a salary of $50,000 in their first year and $55,000 in their second year and the employer gives them only $51,000 in the second year, that is a cut relative to what was promised even though the second year’s salary is $1,000 higher than the first year’s.
  • Lawmakers paired the cuts to Medicaid spending and similarly deep cuts to a program that provides food assistance to poor families with tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans most.
  • Health care experts warn the Medicaid cuts could lead to tens of thousands of preventable deaths.
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