| This week marks one year since Cory Mills and María Elvira Salazar 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 Mills and Salazar’s races – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- More than 1.5 million 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.
- 6 clinics have closed or are closing in Florida and another is at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment has fallen by 17% 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% 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 Mills and Salazar continue to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
“Cory Mills and María Elvira Salazar 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 Mills and Salazar are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.”
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