News: In a memo shared first with Punchbowl News, the top House Democratic super PAC is revealing its strategy to hammer vulnerable Republicans for proposing potentially massive Medicaid cuts.
House Majority PAC is drawing the early battle lines for the 2026 campaign around the popular health care program, which helps provide coverage for tens of millions of Americans, especially children. Democrats are likening the House GOP budget resolution — the Energy and Commerce Committee has been directed to find $880 billion in spending cuts, much of which could come from Medicaid — to unpopular Republican politicians from the 2010s.
“While Donald Trump and House Republicans promised to ‘love and cherish’ Medicaid, House Republicans have gone full Matt Bevin, and are planning to make deep cuts to fund $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for Elon Musk and other billionaires,” the HMP memo reads.
Bevin, the former Republican governor of Kentucky, lost reelection to Democrat Andy Beshear in 2019 on the heels of an attempt to overhaul statewide Medicaid benefits. Democrats believe there is a similar opportunity to win seats in deep-red territory by capitalizing on voter anger over GOP entitlement reforms, especially if those funds are used to offset tax cuts.
In the memo, HMP identifies how many constituents of 27 at-risk House Republicans rely on Medicaid. There’s a fascinating table that shows the percentage of child Medicaid enrollees in these districts too.
The Democratic super PAC also cites from nationwide polling that shows Medicaid cuts are deeply unpopular, even among President Donald Trump’s voters.
Other Democratic groups are already hitting Republicans on proposed Medicaid cuts. As we reported on Friday, left-wing group Protect Our Care is launching a nearly $1 million ad campaign hammering battleground seat Republicans on plans for Medicaid cuts.
