| This week marks one year since Anna Paulina Luna voted for the Big, Ugly Bill, a disastrous tax scam that enacted the largest cut to Medicaid and food assistance in American history to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires.
The DCCC made clear that a vote for this Tax Scam would be the defining vote of Luna’s race – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- More than 1.4 million Floridians will lose health coverage, with nearly 40,000 at risk in FL-13. Marketplace enrollment has fallen by 4.2 million people nationally, while an estimated 3.8 million Americans have lost Medicaid or CHIP coverage since the law took effect.
- Nearly 3 million Floridians rely on food assistance every month. Enrollment has fallen by 17.4% in Florida, with nearly 500,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. Floridians have been forced to pay 32.5% more for their monthly premiums in 2026 or abandon their plans altogether. Florida also saw a 4% decrease in enrollment since last year when the ACA tax credits expired.
- The Big, Ugly Bill remains deeply unpopular. Recent Navigator polling shows the law underwater by 11 points in battleground districts and 18 points nationally, underscoring the political liability Luna continues to face.
Read more on on the impact of Luna’s vote:
- Naples Daily News: SNAP cuts impact nearly 300,000 Floridians. It’s not over.
- Florida Phoenix: One Big, Beautiful Bill’s changes for Obamacare could be ugly for Florida
- Palm Beach Post: How ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ affects Medicaid, rural hospitals, health and social services
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“Anna Paulina Luna betrayed her constituents when she voted for this Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of her shameful actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away from tens of thousands of Florida families. GOP extremists like Luna are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.” |
