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Ashley Hinson continues to receive blowback for her deciding vote to slash Medicaid and end Affordable Care Act tax credits for families in order to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
New reporting is highlighting a question from an IA-02 farmer who depends on ACA tax credits and who will see “at least a $4,000 tax increase for [his] family of four” due to Hinson’s bill – while Hinson “stood by her decision” to vote for cuts that prompted backlash from her constituents.
Watch that moment, and further blowback Hinson continues to face from Iowans, for yourself:
MSNBC: “Iowa Farmer: ‘I’m self-employed farmer and consultant and purchased my health insurance through the ACA marketplace. The recent legislation passed by the House will result in at least a $4,000 tax increase for my family of four. I’m our local school board president. I’m a church trustee and donate time, gas and equipment to mow our six acre church campus every week. I’m one of your constituents. I’m about as Iowa as you can get.”
MSNBC: “Those are the kinds of questions Iowa Republican congresswoman Ashley Hinson had to feel at her town halls yesterday. For the record, she didn’t have a great answer for voting to raise that farmer’s taxes.”
KCCI: “At a town hall yesterday, Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson was booed after she voiced her support for the measure.”
KCCI: “About 50 people were at that town hall in Elkader. They brought up concerns over potential cuts to Medicaid.”
We Are Iowa: “Republican Representative Ashley Hinson heard opposition from some in this crowd as she voiced her support for President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill during a town hall in Elkader over in northeast Iowa on Wednesday.
We Are Iowa: “Now some people booed. Others walked out. They’re worried about changes to Medicaid… Now the cuts include shortening the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act”
The Gazette: Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation double down on Medicaid cuts in federal budget
- A week after U.S. House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s budget priorities, members of Iowa’s congressional delegation are doubling down on their support for it, including reductions to Medicaid spending.
- The current bill is expected to decrease Medicaid enrollment by 10.3 million, according to estimates from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. That number includes 58,084 Medicaid recipients in Iowa, according to the CBO.
- Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, of Marion, was met by boos, jeers and heckling during a pair of town halls Wednesday in northeast Iowa over her support of the bill.
- Constituents at the town halls shared concerns about access to Medicaid and other health care, funding cuts to university research, and Hinson’s support of President Donald Trump’s policies.
The View: “I see a lot of blowback happening again, because I just want to mention… Ashley Hinson in Iowa. [She] got booed and heckled. Every time these Republican guys go out there, they can’t really justify what’s in that big, beautiful bill. … It’s going to gut Medicaid”
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