| On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped millions of New Mexicans live longer, healthier lives by delivering quality, affordable health care to generations of families over the last 60 years.
As New Mexico families continue to see the fallout of Republicans’ votes to cut these two critical programs, today’s anniversary highlights how Greg Cunningham’s support for this cruelty has made health care the top domestic issue for Americans this year, according to Gallup.
Driving this anxiety among the public is the incredible damage caused by the Cunningham-backed Big, Ugly Bill. The law is ripping away health care from New Mexicans and raising medical costs on everyone – all to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
The impacts are real and New Mexico families are hurting. Cunningham’s cruel and decisive support of gutting Medicaid are wreaking havoc on their lives:
Greg Cunningham has supported the Republican health care crisis every step of the way – saying passing their agenda is his “number one priority” and that policies like taking health care and food away from families – “are good for the people” of NM-02, and “[he’d] like to help further those policies.”
ADDITIONALLY: The Cunningham-backed Big, Ugly Bill triggered nearly $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, resulting in likely cuts to funding for hospitals and doctors and higher premiums for seniors. To “celebrate” the anniversary of Medicare, the Trump administration also ended a prescription drug plan that will spike the cost of medicine for Medicare recipients.
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“Greg Cunningham is obsessed with dismantling New Mexicans’ health care access. We now have less hospitals, less coverage, and it all costs more for the few who can afford it. Today’s Medicaid and Medicare anniversaries are reminding voters that Cunningham supports making people’s lives worse. His attack on Medicaid and Medicare is a defining issue for the midterms and it’s going to cost him in November.” |
