Big Beautiful Bill lies

Trump's and the Republicans' “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a Big Ugly Billionaire Tax Cut Bill. To give Billionaires their $1.1 Trillion tax giveaway, health care for the working poor, disabled, elderly, and new mothers is being drastically cut along with food assistance for children (Medicaid and SNAP). To justify this unpopular reverse Robin Hood bill, Rep. Ashley Hinson and Sen. Joni Ernst push big lies.

One of the most egregious lies is that "illegals" are getting Medicaid. The truth is that undocumented immigrants are not eligible for traditional Medicaid in Iowa. Federal law prohibits undocumented immigrants from enrolling in federally funded health coverage programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). (Annenberg Public Policy Center, New York Times). However, this poll tested lie is repeated frequently by Hinson and Ernst.

Another lie is that those who deserve Medicaid will not lose it. The Big Beautiful Bill makes deep cuts to Medicaid. Nearly 8 million people could lose coverage as a result of the Medicaid cuts (Congressional Budget Office).

If you care about the people receiving health care through Medicaid like mom or grandma in the nursing home, a single working mother trying to provide for her children but unable to make ends meet, a child or adult with disabilities, then call Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ernst telling them to vote NO on this unfair, immoral tax cuts for billionaires bill.

Karen Pratte

Waterville