| This week marks one year since Mike Lawler 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 Lawler’s race – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- More than 860,000 New Yorkers 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.
- One hospital and seven clinics have closed or are closing in New York, and 28 hospitals are at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment has fallen by 5% in New York, with more than 147,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. New Yorkers will be forced to pay more than $2,000 in higher premiums in 2027 or abandon their plans altogether. New Yorkers also saw a 5% 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 Lawler continues to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“Mike Lawler betrayed his constituents with his cowardly vote for the Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of his shameful actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away. GOP extremists like Lawler are going to lose in November, and their vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.”
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