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NEW REPORTING: Ciscomani’s Cuts “Will Cost Southern Arizona Hospitals $110M Every Year”

Ciscomani visited, praised hospitals now facing millions in cuts weeks before and after crucial vote
Juan Ciscomani sounded the alarm in June that the Big, Ugly Bill “threatens access to coverage” and “jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers.”

Nine days later, Ciscomani voted for the legislation anyway.

New reporting from the Arizona Mirror shows that Ciscomani’s flip-flop is going to cost Southern Arizona hospitals more than $110 MILLION each year. Ciscomani even visited – and praised – several of the hospitals that are now facing cuts before and after his cruel vote.
Ciscomani’s cuts dwarf what Arizona will receive from the (“woefully inadequate”) Rural Health Fund. The Arizona Republic reports that, despite Ciscomani promising to be “a force at the table,” Arizona will get the sixth lowest amount of any state.

In case you missed it…

Arizona Mirror: Medicaid cuts backed by Juan Ciscomani will cost Southern Arizona hospitals $110 M every year

  • Juan Ciscomani had drawn a line in the sand, saying he couldn’t vote for a budget bill that cut Medicaid. Five weeks later, he strolled across that line, voting for a Trump-endorsed spending plan that cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.
  • A week later, he visited a rural hospital in his Southern Arizona district that is expected to lose over $700,000 annually because of the cuts.
  • An analysis by the Mirror of data gathered by the neoliberal think tank Third Way shows that 10 hospitals in and around Ciscomani’s district are set to lose approximately $110,151,000 in Medicaid revenue annually.
  • The hospitals directly located in Ciscomani’s Congressional District 6 — one of the most competitive in the country — are set to lose $54,880,085 annually from the cuts.
  • “(Benson Hospital) in #AZ06 has been serving the rural health care needs of 15,000 patients annually from the San Pedro Valley community since 1970,” Ciscomani said in a post on X. “Today, I met with the hospital’s leadership team where we discussed the vital role rural hospitals have in our communities.”
  • Just a little over a month later, Ciscomani would vote yes again on the budget package that would cut an estimated $711,313 in annual revenue from Benson Hospital, the main health care facility for the city of about 5,500 people.
  • After he had already voted for the first budget package, Ciscomani visited Banner University Medical Center Tucson, which Ciscomani praised… Banner UMC Tucson, which is outside of CD6, is expected to lose $51 million in annual revenue.
  • “I had the honor of awarding (Carondelet) St. Mary’s Hospital a congressional certificate as they celebrate 145 years of service,” Ciscomani wrote on X. “Their dedication has helped shape a healthier, stronger Tucson community for generations. Congratulations!”
  • Twenty-two days later, Ciscomani voted for the budget bill that will cut nearly $4 million from Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital each year. The hospital is just outside of Ciscomani’s district.
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