Protestors rallied outside of Young Kim’s district field office yesterday, calling out her deciding vote on the GOP Tax Scam that would strip health care from over 31,000 people and gut food assistance for nearly 15,000 households in her district – all to hand massive tax breaks to billionaires.
As a second vote on the Big, Ugly Bill approaches in the House, Kim’s constituents – including those who have previously voted for her – detailed the impacts of the bill on their livelihoods, calling the Kim-approved cuts “harmful,” “reckless” and “cruel.”
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LA Times: Orange County congresswoman targeted by protests over Trump megabill, cuts to healthcare
- Protesters railed on Tuesday against [Young Kim] who could be a critical vote on President Trump’s proposal to cut more than $1 trillion in federal dollars that helped pay for healthcare for those in need and extend tax cuts for millions of Americans.
- “There’s nothing about it that’s beautiful. It’s harmful, it’s reckless, and it’s cruel, and it’s going to hurt people. Rep. Young Kim, hear our cry, hear our voices. We need our Medicaid.” – Melody Mendenhall, a nurse at UCLA.
- Roughly 15 million Californians, more than a third of the state, are on Medi-Cal…with some of the highest percentages in rural counties that supported Trump in the November election. More than half of California children receive healthcare coverage through Medi-Cal.
- A version of the Republican bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with Kim’s support.
- An analysis released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Sunday estimated that the Senate version of the proposal would increase the national deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion…and would result in 11.8 million Americans losing health insurance in less than a decade.
- Roughly one in five of Kim’s constituents relies on Medicaid.
- “The stakes have never been higher. We are living in a time when our rights are under attack.” – Emily Escobar, a public advocacy manager for Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties.
- Shari Home, 73, said she and her husband were weighing how to divide their Social Security income on food, medication and medical supplies after her husband, who suffers several chronic health conditions, fell last year. “Without Medi-Cal, I don’t know what we would do.”
- Michelle Del Rosario, 57…one of Kim’s constituents who has previously voted for her, is the primary caregiver for her son, who has autism, epilepsy and does not speak.
- Her son relies on his Medi-Cal coverage for his $5,000-a-month seizure medicine, as well as the home health support he receives, she said.
- “He lives at home. He has desires, at some point, to live independently, to work, but he needs” these support services for that to happen.
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