WELCOME
The bill is evolving:
This presentation was given on Saturday June 21st. Since that date, some provisions referenced have been struck from the bill.
BUT we encourage you to communicate your feelings on those provisions to your representative as there is no guarantee items will not come before Congress again.
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FACTS ABOUT THE BILL
16 million people will lose healthcare —
either cut off from Medicaid or losing
insurance in rollbacks to the Affordable Care Act
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Source: Congressional Budget Office
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2 million Arizonans,
both adults and children,
kicked off Medicaid
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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47% of all births in AZ are paid for by AHCCCS
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
Disproportionately affects WOMEN in Arizona, where
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Cuts to Medicaid will cause hospital closures affecting ALL Arizonans
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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47,160 Arizonans
will lose jobs in the healthcare industry alone.
Every county will be affected
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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300,000 Arizonans will lose their jobs across multiple industries for every $1 billion of federal cuts
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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$672.1 Million lost in AZ state and local tax revenues
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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$14 Billion lost in AZ
total labor income
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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$30.9 Billion decline in total AZ economic activity
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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1.3 million Medicare enrollees would see their health care costs surge
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Source: Center for American Progress
Restricts Medicare Savings Programs that:
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Hurts seniors through Medicaid cuts to
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Source: AZ Chamber Foundation
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Eliminates abortion and gender-affirming care from all ACA plans
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*ACA = Affordable Care Act
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Makes disabled veterans subject to new Medicaid work requirements
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51,000 people will die
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due to losing healthcare
or lack of medical access
AND THAT’S JUST CUTS RELATING TO HEALTHCARE
Let’s look at some more cuts the bill would make…
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Cuts SNAP benefits by $300 million
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*SNAP benefits aka “food stamps”
with many added restrictions –
increasing food insecurity for children and low-income adults.
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Cuts SNAP coverage for over 1.5 million veterans and their families
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Source: Center For American Progress
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Gives an unprecedented $5 billion in school vouchers –
a “tax credit for the wealthy” that diverts public dollars to private schools
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Source: CNN Business
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Makes student loans even harder to get, more expensive, and harder to pay back
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Examples: Eliminates subsidized undergrad loans, Grad PLUS Loans, flexible Repayment Plans, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
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Eliminates subsidized Student Loans for Undergraduates
(Meaning interest would begin to accrue immediately while students are enrolled in school.)
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THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING
How about
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YES – THEY’RE UNDER ATTACK TOO
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Restricts our ability to challenge the government in court:
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Continues attacks on Judicial independence
Guts Federal Courts’ Ability to Enforce Orders
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Source: Source: Brennan Center for Justice
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Puts 10-year freeze on state-level AI Regulations
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Source: Centers For American Progress
Examples: Employment and healthcare algorithmic bias, biometric surveillance, data protection, Generative AI safety and misinformation, and facial recognition in schools.
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Makes 250+ million acres of public land eligible for sale
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Source: The Wilderness Society
Including public lands throughout Sabino Canyon and Mt. Lemmon
A FEW OF THE FEDERAL LANDS FOR SALE UNDER THE BUDGET BILL:
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SABINO CANYON
MT. LEMMON
Source: Wilderness Maps
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Increases the deficit by $2.4 to $4.5 trillion
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Congressional Budget Office (range dependent on 10-year vs permanent outcome)
Tax Cut Example: The American Prospect "Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil"
Q: How can the bill cut so much spending and STILL ….increase the deficit?
A: MASSIVE tax breaks to big business and the wealthy
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The richest will get richer, and the rest poorer.
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MORE ABOUT THE BILL
For further reading, consider looking into the bill’s massive and damaging cuts to:
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Since our representatives are constantly making revisions, some information may have changed.
We have listed our sources on the slides with additional details in Notes. We encourage you to always check the reliability of source information.
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