| This week marks one year since Chuck Edwards and Greg Murphy 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 Edwards and Murphy’s races – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- More than 450,000 Floridians will lose health coverage. 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.
- 5 clinics have closed or are closing in North Carolina and some 10 more are at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment has fallen by 13% in North Carolina, with more than 170,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. North Carolinians have been forced to pay 26% more for their monthly premiums in 2026 or abandon their plans altogether. North Carolina also saw an 22% 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 Edwards and Murphy continue to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
“Chuck Edwards and Greg Murphy betrayed their constituents when voting for the Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of their shameful actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away. GOP extremists like Edwards and Murphy are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.”
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