This week marks one year since Kevin Kiley 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 Kiley’s race – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- Kiley cut health care for over 44,000 people in CA-06.
- More than 1.7 million Californians 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.
- 83 hospitals are at risk of closing in California, and one has already closed its doors in rural northern California.
- Kiley’s vote threatened food assistance for over 41,000 households in CA-06. Enrollment has fallen by 5.5% in California, with more than 300,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. Californians have been forced to pay 11.9% more for their monthly premiums in 2026 or abandon their plans altogether. California also saw a 3% 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 Kiley continues to face.
Read more on the impact of Kiley’s vote:
- Sacramento Bee: Nine California Republicans voted for Trump’s cruel budget bill. Remember them. | Opinion
- ABC 10: Counties warn federal cuts could strain Medi-Cal, CalFresh services
- KCRA: CalFresh eligibility changes threaten to strain local food assistance
- Sacramento Bee: As Washington cuts back, California’s rural hospitals worry about their future
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“Kevin Kiley betrayed his constituents when he voted for this Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of his shameful actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away from tens of thousands of Sacramento area families. GOP extremists like Kiley are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.”
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