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August Pfluger Voted to Leave 480,000 Texans Uninsured. Now He's Writing the Sequel — One Democrats Can't Block.

August Pfluger Voted to Leave 480,000 Texans Uninsured. Now He's Writing the Sequel — One Democrats Can't Block.

As chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Pfluger unveiled a framework for a second budget bill promising $1 trillion in deficit reduction. KFF projects the last one will cost Texas 480,000 people their health coverage and $27.9 billion in federal Medicaid funding. He calls the new one 'Making the American Dream Affordable Again.'

Michael Guest Spent His August Recess Promoting $206 Million for Mississippi's Rural Hospitals. He Voted for the Law That Takes Billions Out of Mississippi Medicaid.

Michael Guest Spent His August Recess Promoting $206 Million for Mississippi's Rural Hospitals. He Voted for the Law That Takes Billions Out of Mississippi Medicaid.

The $50 billion rural health fund Guest is touring the district to promote was created by the same budget bill he voted for — the one KFF estimates cuts $911 billion from Medicaid, including $137 billion from rural areas. The fund covers about a third of the rural damage, and the law doesn't require the money to reach rural hospitals at all.

A Hospital in David Joyce's District Has Been Dark for All but 43 Days Since March 2025. He Called It "Devastating" and Sent One Letter.

A Hospital in David Joyce's District Has Been Dark for All but 43 Days Since March 2025. He Called It "Devastating" and Sent One Letter.

Trumbull Regional Medical Center closed in March 2025, putting nearly 700 people out of work and wiping out the county's only behavioral health provider. It reopened for 43 days, closed again, and surrendered its license. Joyce's one documented action was a letter to the Attorney General — seven weeks before he voted for the law taking $33 billion of Medicaid out of Ohio.

Russell Fry Told His District a Lot of People on Medicaid "Quite Frankly Shouldn't Be." His Is the South Carolina District Projected to Lose the Most Health Coverage.

Russell Fry Told His District a Lot of People on Medicaid "Quite Frankly Shouldn't Be." His Is the South Carolina District Projected to Lose the Most Health Coverage.

At an April 2025 telephone town hall closed to media questions, Fry called Medicaid vital and then said too many people are on it. He then voted twice for the cuts. SC-07 is projected to lose more health coverage than any other district in South Carolina, and an advocacy group's tally puts average ACA premiums in the state up 235%.