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NEW: Rep. Rick Allen Lies to Constituents by Saying Trump’s Budget Bill Won’t Impact Health Care Access in Georgia, Everyone Else Says Otherwise
Augusta, GA – Yesterday, Representative Rick Allen told constituents in Statesboro that Trump’s Budget Bill he voted to pass will NOT impact access to health care in Georgia.
By saying the disastrous bill will make no impact on people’s health care, Rick Allen is outright lying to voters about the impact of his vote:
- Both the Congressional Budget Office and the Senate Joint Economic Committee estimate that over 600,000 Georgians will lose their coverage by 2034 because of this bill.
- 37 nursing homes are at risk of closing and nearly 70% of nursing home residents in Georgia rely on Medicaid.
- A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform shows that 20 rural hospitals in Georgia are at risk of closure.
“Rick Allen is either flat out lying or he doesn’t know enough about health care in Georgia to tell the truth,” Katharine Kurz, State Press Secretary at Reproductive Freedom for All, said. “Republicans in Georgia have already refused to expand Medicaid, and it’s cruel that Rick Allen is now using that as a justification for voting to take away health care for even more Georgians.”
Allen’s claim that Georgians will not be impacted by Republicans’ budget bill hinges on the fact that Georgia has not expanded Medicaid. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Republicans have failed for years to expand Medicaid, and Georgians have paid the price. But make no mistake: that failure is not going to absolve Georgia from the devastating cuts of Trump’s Budget Bill.
Last week, Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia hosted a town hall in Rep. Allen’s district. He was invited to attend to answer questions from voters about the budget bill, but he couldn’t be bothered to show up.
August Recess is meant to be a time for elected officials to spend time in their districts with their constituents. But when Rick Allen did finally pop his head out here in Georgia, all he did was lie.
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For over 55 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.
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