Trump and Republicans in Congress have passed their Big, Ugly Bill into law, making the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in history in order to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations. The bill rips health care from 17 million Americans, including children, seniors, people with disabilities and serious illnesses, and hardworking families who don’t get coverage through their employers. Not only will this bill increase uninsured rates to a level not seen in 15 years, it will raise costs on middle-class families and put hundreds of hospitals and nursing homes at risk of shutting down, resulting in layoffs and leaving local economies and states to suffer. Polling shows this bill is overwhelmingly unpopular across party lines, and yet Republicans jammed it through anyway. Protect Our Care is leading the fight to make sure every American knows who traded their health care, safety, and well-being for tax breaks for billionaires. And our effort won’t stop until every Republican who voted for this devastating bill is held accountable for putting corporations and the top 1 percent over hardworking families.
Politico Playbook: Trump vs. Musk, Round II
- “Not just Elon with the attacks: Protect Our Care, a Democratic health care advocacy group, is preparing a seven-figure ad blitz in 10 House districts, attacking vulnerable Republicans who vote for the GOP tax bill passage, POLITICO’s Elena Schneider writes in. The ads, which won’t air until after the megabill passes the House, hammer Republicans for “the biggest cut to Medicaid in history.””
CNN: The Battle To Sway Voters Over Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Begins
- “A collection of Democratic outside groups – including Save My Care, Protect Our Jobs, Unrig Our Economy and others – are set to spend several million dollars between the beginning of July and the end of the year, according to data from the ad tracking firm AdImpact, targeting about a dozen key seats. Many were on the air throughout June and have continued launching new attack spots amid the legislative wrangling this week.
- A research report commissioned by one of those groups, Protect Our Care, and obtained by CNN, showed survey results for ads across 11 battleground districts, aiming for movement among 2024 Trump voters and swing voters and developing content “effective at lowering the job approval of Republican incumbents.””
Philadelphia Inquirer: Medicaid Cuts Could Become An Issue For These Swing-District Pa. Republicans — And Democrats See An Opportunity
- “Seven groups, including Protect Our Care, House Majority Fund, and the AARP, already have TV ads up in swing districts, including in Pennsylvania, blasting Republicans who support the bill.”
The Washington Post: Trump Has Expanded White House Power. Will Democrats Use It?
- “Democratic organizations, including Unrig Our Economy, Protect Our Care and the League of Conservation Voters, began airing ads attacking the bill since its passage, and many of the spots directly target vulnerable Republicans who voted for the legislation.”
- “They crowned Trump king. Democrats won’t wear the crown — they’ll melt it down,” said Jesse Ferguson, a longtime Democratic operative. “Republicans didn’t just break the rules for Trump; they burned the rule book. Now they’re going to have to deal when someone else comes along to write a better one.”
CNN: Republican Plans To Overhaul Medicaid Are Already Shaking Up The 2026 Midterms
- “It is crazy politics for them to do this,” said Brad Woodhouse, a longtime Democratic operative and executive director of Protect Our Care, a health care advocacy group that launched a $10 million campaign this year to oppose Medicaid cuts. “Everyone is going to be unhappy with this bill, unless you’re a very high net worth individual: a millionaire, a multi-millionaire, a billionaire, or a large corporation.”
Politico: The Megabill Is Law. What’s next?
- “‘If your home burns down, you blame the arsonists. You don’t blame the firefighters,’ said Democratic strategist Jesse Ferguson. ‘The challenge for Democrats is keeping the focus on the arsonist who lit the match’ between now and the 2026 midterms, he explained.”
Semafor Principals: All Night Long
- “The Democrat health care advocacy group Protect Our Care is readying a seven-figure ad campaign attacking 10 vulnerable House Republicans who support the GOP’s megabill (assuming the Senate version passes the House).”
PoliticsPA Playbook: Evans: ‘The Honor of My Life’
- “Protect Our Care, a Democratic health care advocacy group, is preparing a seven-figure ad blitz in 10 House districts (including PA-01, 07, 08), attacking vulnerable Republicans who vote for the GOP tax bill passage.”
Puck News: The Latest Modifications to the Senate Version of the BBB
- “Since House Republicans passed their version of the bill on May 22, Democrat-aligned groups, including Unrig Our Economy and Save My Care, have spent about $5 million on television and radio ads alone, according to a Democratic ad tracking firm, attacking Republicans for cutting Medicaid—a hefty sum so early in a nonelection year.”
The Bulwark: Trump’s About to Slash Medicaid. TV News Has Barely Noticed.
- “Today’s legislation may be even less popular than the Obamacare repeal was, based on the available polling. But it’s also a series of smaller, technical-sounding changes that are easier for Republicans to distort. And it’s competing with countless other Trump-generated controversies for space in the news cycle. The groups that traditionally fight for health care access like FamiliesUSA and Protect Our Care have been making their best effort—staging rallies, holding virtual press conferences, and buying up ad spots. (I heard one on the Joe Rogan show Tuesday.)”
Common Dreams: Sanders Says Every Republican Who Backed Trump-GOP Budget ‘Must Pay a Price at the Ballot Box’.
- “Analysts and advocates expect the legislation to inflict major damage across the country, shuttering rural hospitals, stripping health coverage and food aid from millions, raising costs for Medicare recipients, and devastating local economies. Some of the pain will be concentrated in swing districts currently represented by Republican supporters of the budget package. For example, 64% of Rep. David Valadao’s (R-Calif.) constituents in California’s 22nd Congressional District rely on Medicaid. Valadao is one of 10 Republicans targeted by an ad push that the advocacy group Protect Our Care launched following Thursday’s vote in the House. The other targeted lawmakers are Reps. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), Young Kim (R-Calif.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.), Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.), and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.).”
- “Brad Woodhouse, president of Protect Our Care, said in a statement that ‘these Republicans just voted for the largest healthcare cuts in history in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations, and we’re going to make sure that every single one of their constituents knows it.’ ‘These Republicans betrayed their constituents and working Americans’ healthcare for billionaire tax cuts,’ Woodhouse added, ‘and we’re ready to go from the grassroots to the airwaves until every last one of them is held accountable.’”