Ways and Means Committee Democrats

You worked hard. You played by the rules. Now, Trump is breaking the promise of Social Security when you need it most.

In Trump’s America, if you’re not young and healthy, you don’t matter. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Meet Scott, a soybean farmer in Arkansas.

Trump just handed $20 billion of your taxpayer money to one of Scott's biggest competitors: Argentina.

Graphic with Axios headline: ACA premiums to rise 114% without subsidy renewal. In smaller text: Premiums will more than double for millions of Affordable Care Act enrollees next year if Congress does not renew enhanced marketplace subsidies by year's end, according to a new analysis.

Republican policies are already more than doubling health insurance premiums for next year.

Add Trump’s tariffs and rising bills, how are workers and families expected to keep up? www.axios.com/2025/10/01/a...

Graphic with quote text: "We don't need a missing report to know the truth: COSTS ARE UP, MANUFACTURING IS STALLED, HIRING IS FROZEN."

The failure to release a jobs report today says enough about Trump's handling of the economy.

Ranking Member @neal.house.gov's statement: democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/media-center...

New York Times headline: The Real Stakes of the Shutdown. In smaller text: President Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance, and Senate Democrats are refusing to acquiesce.

This GOP shutdown boils down to one thing: a fight to protect the health insurance of millions of Americans. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Republicans Are Punishing Americans with a Painful Shutdown Republicans in Congress made a choice: they’d rather shut down the government than work with Democrats to protect the American people from the relentless barrage of Trump’s failed policies and the big...

Republicans are pinning the shutdown blame on Democrats, but the facts speak for themselves.

We debunk their favorite lies in our latest Substack post:
waysmeanscmte.substack.com/p/republican...

Graphic with text: THE LIE: “THEY’RE CUTTING A $50 BILLION RURAL FUND” THE FACTS: Republicans’ Big Ugly Law cut $137 billion from rural health care. To shore up GOP votes when the bill was being passed, they added a $50 billion Band-Aid fix hoping you wouldn’t notice the $137 billion cut. Dems want that full $137 billion back.

$137 billion > $50 billion

Remember, this is why the government is shut down.

In the words of their Dear Leader:

Graphic with text: THE LIE: “THEY WANT TO GIVE FREE HEALTH CARE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS” THE FACTS: People without documentation do not get free health care. They do not qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA and that'd be against the law. (This is just another racist dog whistle of the Republican party.)

No amount of fear-mongering can deflect from the truth:

Republican policies will result in 15 million Americans losing their health care and millions more seeing their premiums skyrocket.

Graphic with text: THE LIE: “DEMS WANT A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN” THE FACTS: Democrats do not want a government shutdown. It hurts everyone—especially federal workers who are already the punching bag of the Trump Administration. We want a bipartisan solution that would prevent people from losing their health care.

Let the record reflect: House Democrats are here and ready to do the work to keep the government open.

House Republicans? Nowhere to be seen. 🦗

Graphic with text: THE LIE: "THEY WANT TO GIVE FREE HEALTH CARE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS" THE FACTS: Our "WISH LIST" / For people to keep their health insurance

But for Republicans, that’s way too radical.

Republicans are driving up prices, bills, and health care premiums. Instead of solutions, they’re choosing to bury their heads and shut down the government.

This isn’t leadership.

The last thing anyone fighting cancer should have to worry about is whether they can afford the treatments that could save their life.

This is the reality Republicans are forcing on millions of people.

Republicans face a choice: use their power to stop the largest price hike on health care in 15 years or continue ignoring their constituents.

No blame-shifting can change that this is their government and their responsibility.

TELL REPUBLICANS: SAVE HEALTH CARE

Graphic with Politico headline: “He read all the shit they’re asking for, and he said, ‘on second thought, go f**k yourself’”

A presidential response to people tired of higher costs:

Read their stories: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A graphic of a receipt with bold text: THE EVERYDAY IMPACT OF GOP HEALTH CARE CUTS Listed on the receipt with “priceless” listed as the cost for each: Buy less groceries Skip medications Work even more Cancel family trips Cancel kids’ extracurriculars Rework financial goals Reschedule surgeries Postpone large purchases Change college savings plans Refinance loans Miss family events

Here’s what the American people are weighing to weather Republicans’ skyrocketing health care costs:

Republicans are so determined to keep health care out of reach for people, they’re shutting the government down over it.

This is the real cost of what Republicans are doing with people’s health care.

Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.

If the government shuts down, it's on them.

Republicans:

( ) Make health care affordable and accessible to everyone
(✔️) Shut down the government

A red container with white text: GOP HEALTH CARE CUTS In white text below: "It is hard to figure out how to come up $1,200 to $1,500 a month extra" In smaller text below the quote: Victoria, depends on an Obamacare health plan.

For Victoria and millions like her across the country, the GOP's health care cuts means she’ll need to work longer hours, cut back on groceries, and visit her children and grandchildren less.

Here’s how these cuts are going to impact her care as a cancer survivor: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

This is a shutdown over affordable health care.

If the government shuts down in 5 days, it’s because Republicans would rather shut it down than lower health care costs.

Trump has cut health care, cancer research, public broadcasting, food assistance, and so much more because of “costs.”

But somehow, he doesn’t blink twice about bailing out Argentina with $20B of the taxpayers’ dollars.

Elizabeth Warren Calls 'America First' A Joke After Trump's Latest Move “Guess ‘America First’ is a joke,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said about the Trump administration’s moves to prop up Argentina and President Javier Milei.

Your morning reminder that the president is using $20 billion of taxpayer money to bail out his buddy in Argentina after he wrecked their economy.

America first. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

White House's webpage titled "Agency Contingency Plans" and notably nothing on it

Trump's concepts of a shutdown plan:

Without the ACA tax credits, families in every zip code are either going to lose their coverage entirely or pay up to 75% more for the same plan.

Only 7 days for Republicans to find their spines and choose lower costs for their constituents.

Hey if you’ve never seen the word before, you should probably look into it more before making completely baseless links to lifelong health conditions

If the government shuts down in 8 days, it’s because Republicans would rather shut it down than make your health care cheaper.