Eli Crane cast the deciding vote to rip health care away from thousands of Arizonans – and a Trump pollster is predicting that Crane’s constituents won’t be happy about it.
Crane represents a predominantly rural district that is dangerously susceptible to the GOP’s Medicaid cuts. Two counties represented by Crane, Apache County and Navajo County, “have among the highest county-level share of seniors on Medicaid.”
In Gila County, a county represented by Crane that backed Trump 2 to 1 in 2024, roughly 40% of people could be jeopardized by Crane’s plan to gut health care to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Eli Crane cast the deciding vote to rip away health care from thousands of his own constituents. Arizonans – regardless of party – will hold Crane accountable in 2026.”
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NPR: In a county that backed Trump, people dependent on Medicaid are conflicted about cuts
- Gila County, Arizona, went big for Donald Trump and backed the president 2 to 1 in last year’s election. The county also relies a lot on Medicaid, the federal health insurance program that Trump’s Republican allies in Congress are looking to cut.
- House Republicans just advanced a plan to cut more than $700 billion from the safety net program.
- It wasn’t hard to find people who were on Medicaid or knew someone who was.
- LEVEY: Heisler … says Medicaid was especially helpful after her husband had an accident. A forklift tipped over and part of his left foot was amputated.
- HEISLER: If anything happens, he’s able to go to the doctor, he’s able to go to the emergency room, get medicines.
- LEVEY: And if he lost the coverage?
- HEISLER: Oh, we would – it would be very bad for him.
- According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office … 10 million people will likely lose Medicaid insurance. In Gila County, close to 4 in 10 residents are on Medicaid and the related children’s health insurance program. That’s nearly double what it was 15 years ago.
- LEVEY: The growing importance of Medicaid to places like Globe, Arizona, helps explain why congressional Republicans face so much resistance to their proposed cuts. Bob Ward has been polling for a coalition trying to protect Medicaid. His firm also works for Trump.
- BOB WARD: There’s been a shift in the public’s attitude and particularly, you know, voters on the right that sometimes government plays a role in getting people health care, and that’s OK. And if you take away that health care, people are going to be angry about it.
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