Republican Republican Party passed This week’s budget plan is a budget plan to reduce up to $ 880 billion in 10 years from Medicaid, which provides health insurance. 83 million low -income Americans. Over the past few months, medical advocates are strengthening their pressure on three California Republican Party (Ken Calbert, young Kim, David Valdao).
All nine Republican representatives in California voted to develop GOP’s budget blueprints in February, which required a huge cut of Medicaid. But out of nine Calvert, Kim and Valadao took seats in 3, 11 and 7 percentage points in 2024, respectively.
Health care advocacy groups and unions are encouraging voters on the Earth representing medical workers to demand votes for Medicaid cuts or to use their vulnerability by facing large -scale backlash for re -election in 2026. We are CaliforniaUnion of state and community groups. Union domestic workersThis is a representative 170,000 or more California’s home nursing and nursery and Service employee International UnionIt also plays a leading role in campaigns representing more than 2 million service staff in the country. (Public: SEIU and allied domestic workers are all financial supporters of Capital & Main.)
The protesters show protests in front of Young Kim’s office in Anaheim. Photo: Jeremy Lindenfeld.
The group has organized protests in front of the global office of Calvert, Kim and Valadao. Adjusted letter writing campaign; Digital and TV broadcasted advertisement; And in California, the importance of Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal, hosted the viewing hall. Representatives were invited to the city hall, but no one.
The campaign aims to mobilize voters like Cynthia Williams, who attended the march demonstration outside Kim’s Anaheim office. She told hundreds of attendees that she felt the betrayal of a lawmaker. Williams said, “This seemed to be hitting the face.“ Someone said, ‘You don’t matter. The family does not matter. ‘ We helped bring this woman there and this is what we get.
Cynthia Williams speaks outside Kim’s office in Anaheim. Photo: Jeremy Lindenfeld.
Williams voted to Kim Jong -il in 2024 and believed that Republican lawmakers were “on the same page as Medicade.” But after the House of Representatives voted to develop a budget blueprint to cut the program in February, Williams became a spokesman for Kim.
Williams’ full -time jobs are a blind adult daughter, Kyle Lee, has an intellectual disorder and cerebral palsy, and is taking care of her sister SHANTA, a veteran with post -traumatic stress and other serious mental disorders. Both Kailee and SHANTA are funded Home support serviceCalifornia public program More than 700,000 low -income California residents It is over 65 years of age by providing funds to caregivers like Williams. This is because the housing support service is received. Most of the funds Many fear reductions in Medicaid will reduce or eliminate programs that support people with disabilities.
Cynthia and Kailee Williams stand outside the house in Anaheim. Photo: Jeremy Lindenfeld.
That’s why Williams, a member of the United Nations domestic workers, tried to press the vulnerable Republican representatives on voting to cut important medical funds. According to Dug Moore, UDW’s managing director, the pressure campaign is beginning.
Moore said in March, “We’ve just started applying pressure. We haven’t applied pressure yet. We boiled as far as we are worried.” “We will not be able to pressure them. And we will continue to target them until 2026.”
This is not the first time that the California Swing District GOP CEO has lost its election as a health care policy decision, if Moore and other advocates can vote to reduce Medicaid. 2018 Valadao lost seat Immediately after voting to abolish the Affordable Care Act that greatly expanded Medicaid. The House of Representatives later recovered in 2020.
This time, Valadao has signed a letter of Republican’s Leadership calling not to cut Medicade. Political strategist Steven Barkan is a signal that some GOP lawmakers understand that the cuts of health care are politically toxic.
Barkan, a political consulting firm at Barkan Strategies, said, “It is very dangerous for the Republican, especially those in the Swing district.” “If they don’t fit the cut, they are vulnerable. They may probably lose their majority for Medicaid.”
~ Inside January poll Only 17%of the Americans conducted by YOUGOV supported Medicaid. The health care advocacy group emphasized the numbers of the pressure campaign for Republican lawmakers. Nationwide. The strategy that focuses on the Republican’s support for reducing the Medicide can work effective. There is a Democratic candidate It is quite overly performance In the special elections held after the November general election. Barkan said the fear of Medicaid could contribute to the republican’s latest show.
Calvert, Kim and Valadao expressed concern about the effects of Medicaid cuts to require that request after voting in February. On Thursday, both Kim and Calvert Voted by approval A revised council budget blueprint that maintains the cut for Medicaid. Valadao did not vote in this bill.
Valadao said in February He will not support A final reconciliation bill at risk of leaving people depending on Medicaid. On February 26, Kim posted Statement to her website She said she would not vote for the “budget that didn’t protect the most vulnerable Medicaid service.” March 19th Instagram postCalvert wrote, “We are doing our best to protect the Medicaid benefits for Americans who depend on the program.”
Barkan said that Calvert, Kim and Valadao said that the fact that “speaking on both sides of my mouth” is a sign of heat. The pressure campaign added that the parliamentary people are increasingly difficult to choose what their constituencies want and what the party leadership wants.
Barkan said, “The more you look at your basic reactions, the more dangers you can see.” They must find out more harmful to them. Standing in Trump or ruining their components. “
Calvert, Kim and Valadao did not respond to the request.
According to Jonathan Paik, a progressive advocate and California’s partner organization, Jonathan Paik, the protests on the pressure of people throughout the political spectrum aimed to put pressure on the overall political spectrum. PAIK considered a wide range of turnouts as a result of the dual party of the proposed Medicaid cuts. He added that the frustration of the Democrats and Republicans provided a strong organizational opportunity.
PAIK said, “The scale and visibility will be felt in the entire orange county.” This was a moment when we could help people understand who would unilaterally benefit from this cut.
The GOP budget requires Medicide cuts and offset tax reductions unbalanced. It helps the rich. Gerald Kominski, a senior colleague of UCLA’s Health Policy Research Center, said voters seemed to have been robbed by the poor to support the rich.
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