| It’s been a year since Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry 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 the Pennsylvania Congressmen’s races – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- Nearly 450,000 Pennsylvanians 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.
- Twenty-one Pennsylvania hospitals and clinics have closed or will close and four hospitals are at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment has fallen by 10% in Pennsylvania, with more than 200,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. Pennsylvanians have been forced to pay 23% more for their monthly premiums in 2026 or abandon their plans altogether.
- 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 Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry continue to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton:
“Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry 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 Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie, Bresnahan, and Perry are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.” |
