Kevin Coughlin Gets His Wish of Ripping Away Health Care from Ohioans to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks

Washington Republicans just passed their deeply unpopular tax scam that rips away health care and food access from tens of thousands of people in Northeast Ohio, all to pay for massive tax breaks for their billionaire campaign donors, and Kevin Coughlin is THRILLED. 

Coughlin previously called the GOP Tax Scam “a win” and implied it didn’t go far enough in cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Lobbyist Kevin Coughlin is giddy that tens of thousands of Northeast Ohioans will lose their health care thanks to Washington Republicans’ Tax Scam – he said himself that it’s ‘a win.’ Coughlin will have to answer for his support for ripping away health care from Ohioans to fund tax breaks for his rich friends, which is why voters will reject him again next year.” 

Reminder of Coughlin’s long record of support for cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security:

• Last month, Coughlin called the GOP Tax Scam that guts Medicaid “a win” and implied it didn’t go far enough in cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
  • Heartland Signal: Ohio Republican says Big Beautiful Bill is a ‘win,’ but it doesn’t cut social programs enough
• For more than a decade, Coughlin has been trying to end Medicare as we know it and hack up Social Security.
• Coughlin has long advocated for cuts to Social Security and Medicare, including but not limited to: converting Medicare into a voucher program, raising the eligibility age, and capping “spending in such a way that cuts to Medicare and Social Security would […] be unavoidable.”
  • Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio’s Republican candidates are floating Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid reforms
• Coughlin said “there have to be entitlement reforms” and “benefits that people get are going to be cut.”
  • Heartland Signal: GOP congressional candidate says ‘anyone with eyes’ wants to cut Social Security and Medicaid

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