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MAGA Jim Desmond SILENT as Republicans Are Ripping Health Care Away from Cancer Patients

As a trillion dollars’ worth of Desmond-backed cuts to Medicaid get implemented, Republicans are plotting to rip health care away from as many people as possible – including chronically sick Americans

With the deep, harmful cuts from Republicans’ Big, Ugly Bill now being implemented, it’s becoming crystal clear how cruel their legislation truly is and who they are targeting – and MAGA Jim Desmond has made clear he would fall in lockstep with this agenda.

Recent reporting reveals that Republicans are ordering states across the country to rip health care away from chronically sick Americans – including those who have cancer or HIV – to comply with the Desmond-backed law.

One expert summarized to CNN what could happen to a patient impacted by the new, cruel rules:

“They’ll show up to chemo or show up for cancer surgery and find out they don’t have the coverage they need. Their lifesaving treatment will be taken from them.”

REMINDER: The DCCC is holding vulnerable Republicans accountable for the health care crisis they created, which will result in millions of Americans having their health care ripped away. In their obsession to pay for massive tax breaks for their billionaire backers, House Republicans’ support of the cuts to health care for millions of everyday Americans has made their vote for the Big, Ugly Bill a political albatross that will cost Republicans the House Majority.

DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser: 
“Trump and House Republicans passed the largest cut to Medicaid in history to give billionaires more tax breaks, and now they are trying to rip health care away from cancer patients to pay for it! CA-48 voters deserve to hear from Jim Desmond on this, who has proven he’d be a reliable vote for this cruel agenda. The Big, Ugly Bill will haunt him in November when Californians reject him at the ballot box.”

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