| New reporting from the Colorado Times Recorder reveals just how painful Gabe Evans’ Medicaid cuts and lies are for his district.
When Evans cast his vote for the largest Medicaid cuts in history, he told Coloradans that the bill “didn’t cut Medicaid at all.” In fact, Evans went so far as to falsely claim it actually protected Medicaid coverage – an outrageous lie that fact checkers quickly debunked.
Now that three hospitals in his district that depend on Medicaid funding are at risk of closing, Evans hasn’t said a word.
Of all the vulnerable hospitals at risk of closing in the state, a quarter of them are located in Evans’ district.
That’s not all: “one of every four people in Evans’ district” depend on Medicaid for their health care, including half of all kids and 10,000 Coloradans who require long-term care. Thanks to Evans, that means “tens if not hundreds of thousands losing health coverage and our already dysfunctional health care system being thrown into a catastrophe.”
When given the opportunity to defend his broken promises, Evans did not respond.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“While Gabe Evans is happy to lie about his own cruel votes from his ivory tower in Washington, Coloradans can see the disaster he’s causing with their own eyes. That sort of double-crossing won’t be forgotten in November.”
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Colorado Times Recorder: Gabe Evans Promised Medicaid Cuts Wouldn’t Affect ‘People Who Need It Most,’ But They’re Putting Hospitals at Risk
- Evans went so far as to say that the Big Beautiful Bill didn’t cut Medicaid at all.
- Now, over a year later, the warnings of critics are turning out to be true — that the economic stability of many hospitals, many on shaky ground before the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, is worsening.
- Last week, National Nurses United listed 12 Colorado hospitals that are vulnerable due to federal Medicaid cuts that will kick in over the coming years. These include three in Evans’ district and others around the state.
- “Colorado is estimated to lose at least $2.5 billion per year in federal funding for Medicaid by 2032 because of H.R. 1,” Adam Fox, deputy director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, told the Colorado Times Recorder.
- “And that doesn’t reflect the broader economic, health, and social costs that will happen from the unnecessary paperwork and administrative red tape requirements that start in January.”
- Evans’ office didn’t respond to an email asking if the congressman thinks his assertion that his vote for the Big Beautiful Bill would “cut waste, fraud, and abuse while simultaneously protecting coverage for Colorado’s most vulnerable populations” has turned out to be false.
- According to the state’s Department of Health Care and Public Financing, one of every four people in Evans’ district is covered by Medicaid. Of those 192,000 Coloradans, nearly 10,000 have disabilities that require long-term care.
- Medicaid will almost certainly be a key issue in Evans’ re-election campaign against Democrat Manny Rutinel this fall. The race in one of the country’s most competitive districts will help determine which party controls the U.S. House after November’s midterm election.
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