PANTS ON FIRE: Rob Wittman Lies to His Constituents, Says There Will Be “No Cuts” to Medicaid After Voting for Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History

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Wittman’s vote could kick thousands of his constituents off their health care, jeopardize rural hospitals like Rappahannock General

New reporting in the Henrico Citizen reveals that Wittman is telling a bald-face vote to his constituents about his vote to gut Medicaid.

WITTMAN’S LIE: “There are no cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, I want to emphasize that.”

FACT: Wittman voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. Wittman’s vote cuts roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid, and could strip health care access from more than 24,000 of his own VA-01 constituents.

Read about Wittman’s lie for yourself:

U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) reiterated his support for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at a press conference last week following a business roundtable in Mechanicsville.
Following the vote, more than 100 people organized a protest in Henrico against Wittman’s support for the bill. The protest came after several other protests and town halls during which constituents criticized Wittman’s support of Trump administration policies.
[…] The legislation also includes cuts to Medicaid and other federal programs under the Affordable Care Act, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which estimates that millions will be left without health insurance as a result.
“There are no cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, I want to emphasize that,” [Wittman] said.
Virginia Democrats have said they believe that more than 322,000 Virginians could lose Medicaid coverage under the bill – a figure that Virginia Republicans dispute. Leaders from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association have also voiced concerns about Medicaid cuts potentially causing hospital closures in the state.

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