60 years ago today, Democrats and Republicans came together to change the course of American history by creating Medicare and Medicaid.
Today, only Democrats are keeping the promise.
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60 years ago today, Democrats and Republicans came together to change the course of American history by creating Medicare and Medicaid.
Today, only Democrats are keeping the promise.
Today marks 60 years of Medicaid and Medicare.
Millions of Americans rely on these critical lifelines for their health care.
Unlike Republicans, House Democrats are fighting to protect and strengthen these vital programs.
Cutting Medicaid isn’t just bad for public health – it hurts the whole economy. On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @repemiliasykes.bsky.social explains how Medicaid cuts will cause hospitals to close and people to lose their jobs.
It’s been 16 years since the last minimum wage increase. On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @norcross.house.gov explains how Republicans are holding workers back and how Democrats are fighting for a more affordable America with higher wages and lower costs.
Trump and Republicans stripped millions of Americans of their health care—all to line the pockets of billionaires and wealthy corporations and make buying a private jet tax-deductible.
House Democrats are fighting back.
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, Rep. Marilyn Strickland explains how Republicans are breaking their promise to lower costs with a Big, Ugly Law that makes life more expensive.
Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Law is a slap in the face to the American people.
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @susielee.house.gov discusses how Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Law is blatantly unfair for working families.
On today's Democratic Daily Download, @balint.house.gov explains how Republicans' Big, Ugly Law is a betrayal of hardworking Americans that will hit rural America especially hard.
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @repstansbury.bsky.social busts the myths behind Trump’s Big, Ugly law. The truth? It hikes your utility bills by $400 — just to hand out giveaways to billionaires and Big Oil CEOs.