Dear Friend,
Congressman Andy Harris took an oath as a physician to do no harm. But he broke his oath when he voted to support a federal budget bill that cuts Medicaid coverage for 30,000 of his constituents. His vote will also take funding from hospitals and nursing homes. Now we’re bracing for the harm that his vote will cause, including big cuts to Medicare.
By cutting ACA subsidies, the bill will drive up costs on Maryland’s exchange, making health insurance unaffordable for thousands across the state.
Why did Republicans push these draconian cuts?
Because they needed money to fund the enormous tax breaks they gave to billionaires and wealthy corporations. It’s clear whose side Rep. Harris is on, and it’s not ours.
We’ve been in the budget fight for four months—protesting with 80 people at Rep. Harris’s Bel Air office in April, showing up for actions on the Hill in May, and flooding his office with calls and emails urging him to vote no.
Sen. Mitch McConnell said that people “will get over it,” but we’re not going away!