Reminder: Kevin Coughlin Thinks Ohioans Losing Their Health Care Is “A Win”

Last week, Washington Republicans passed their deeply unpopular tax scam, ripping away health care and food access from tens of thousands of people in Northeast Ohio, all to pay for massive tax breaks for their billionaire campaign donors.

And Kevin Coughlin cheered them on, calling this Big, Ugly Bill “a win” and repeatedly confirming his support for… 

• Ripping away health care from more than 31,500 people across OH-13 and raising health care costs.
• Endangering Northeast Ohio’s economy and the 30,000 jobs across hospital systems – the district’s largest employer – like Aultman, Summa, and Mercy Medical, that depend on Medicaid payments to operate.
• Risking access to food for more than 45,500 OH-13 households, over 44% of which have children.
• Rolling back tax credits which will raise Ohioans’ electricity costs.

DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Lobbyist Kevin Coughlin would have voted to take away health care, endanger Northeast Ohio jobs, take food away from children, and raise Ohioans’ costs. He cares more about giving tax breaks to the richest than actually serving Ohioans, who will reject him once again next year.”

Refresh your memory about Coughlin’s long record of supporting cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security:

• For more than a decade, Coughlin has been trying to end Medicare as we know it and hack up Social Security.
• Coughlin has long advocated for cuts to Social Security and Medicare, including but not limited to: converting Medicare into a voucher program, raising the eligibility age, and capping “spending in such a way that cuts to Medicare and Social Security would […] be unavoidable.”
  • Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio’s Republican candidates are floating Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid reforms
• Coughlin said “there have to be entitlement reforms” and “benefits that people get are going to be cut.”
  • Heartland Signal: GOP congressional candidate says ‘anyone with eyes’ wants to cut Social Security and Medicaid
• Last month, Coughlin called the GOP Tax Scam that guts Medicaid “a win” and implied it didn’t go far enough in cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
  • Heartland Signal: Ohio Republican says Big Beautiful Bill is a ‘win,’ but it doesn’t cut social programs enough

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