| This week marks one year since Tom Kean Jr. 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 Kean Jr.’s race – and that fact remains the same one year later. Here is why:
- Nearly 400,000 New Jerseyans 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.
- Eighty-one New Jersey hospitals and clinics have closed or will close and three are at risk of closing.
- Millions have lost access to food assistance. Enrollment has fallen by 5% in New Jersey, with more than 40,000 fewer people in the state receiving nutrition assistance.
- Health care costs are soaring. New Jerseyans have been forced to pay 4% 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 Kean Jr. continues to face.
DCCC Spokesperson Viet Shelton:
“Tom Kean Jr. betrayed his constituents when voting for the Big, Ugly Bill. As a result of his actions, hospitals are closing, children are losing food, and health care is being stripped away. GOP extremists like Kean Jr. are going to lose in November, and the vote for this Tax Scam will be the reason why.” |
