¶ Strada Was Eager To Back Trump’s Agenda, Which Included Cutting Health Care For Floridians
¶ Strada Said He Wanted To Help Trump Enact His Agenda And That American People “Have To Have” The Republican Reconciliation Bill
Strada: “I Want To Stand Right Next With President Trump.” According to Joe Strada on Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, “STRADA: He had a really good life before he was president. And he just, he loves our country so much, he knows it's broken. I want to stand right next with President Trump, I want to fight for the agenda. The American people want it. We voted for it. Overwhelming he won, every swing state, popular vote, the American people spoke. I want to be standing right there with President Trump and fight for Americans, everyday Americans, small business owners.” [Joe Strada, Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, 6/25/26] (video)
Strada On The Republican Reconciliation Bill: “The American People Have To Have This.” According to Joe Strada on Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, “STRADA: We're going to get through this. The One Big Beautiful Bill will get passed, little by little, work to get through it. But it's going to, the American people have to have this.” [Joe Strada, Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, 6/18/25] (video)
- Strada Said The Republican Reconciliation Bill Was “Phenomenal.” According to Joe Strada on Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, “STRADA: But we want to you know we the Big Beautiful Bill is phenomenal helping support you know, everything, all the different programs that will help support trade schools. And we want to make America skilled again.” [Joe Strada, Florida’s Voice with Drew Steele, 6/18/25] (video)
¶ Trump Was Responsible For Ripping Health Care Away From Millions Of Americans
¶ Trump Worked To Pass The Final Version Of Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill That Was Estimated To Result In At Least 17 Million Americans Losing Their Health Insurance
2025: Trump Worked To Pass The “One Big Beautiful Bill.” According to Fox News, "House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., touted the close coordination between Congress and President Donald Trump to successfully pass the ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ saying the collaboration is part of the ‘beauty of unified government.’ Congress officially passed Trump’s multitrillion-dollar bill Thursday afternoon after back-to-back sleepless sessions for both the House and Senate. The massive agenda package now goes to Trump’s desk to be signed into law just in time for Republicans’ self-imposed Fourth of July deadline." [Fox News, 7/3/25]
- Trump And House Speaker Mike Johnson Lobbied The Republican Holdouts To Make Way For Passage Of The Bill. According to NBC News, "A bloc of Republican holdouts had initially opposed a procedural vote Wednesday to advance the bill, leading to an hourslong overnight standoff. But Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., managed to sway all but one of them, teeing up final passage in the House." [NBC News, 7/3/25]
HEADLINE: "At Least 17 Million Americans Would Lose Insurance Under Trump Plan" [Washington Post, 7/1/25]
- The Congressional Budget Office Estimated That 11.8 Million People Would Become Uninsured As A Result Of The Medicaid Cuts In Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill. According to the Washington Post, "The bill, which narrowly passed the Senate on Tuesday and now heads back to the House, would effectively accomplish what Republicans have long failed to do: unwind many of the key components of the ACA, President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, which dramatically increased the number of Americans with access to health insurance. To start, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the Senate version of the bill would result in 11.8 million more uninsured in 2034, mostly because of Medicaid cuts, compared with 10.9 million if the House version became law." [Washington Post, 7/1/25]
¶ May 2025: Trump Spearheaded The Effort To Pass Republicans’ Budget Bill, Which Would Kick Millions Of People Off Medicaid
May 2025: Trump Helped House Speaker Mike Johnson Reach Agreements With Conservative And Moderate Republicans Before Passing The Sweeping Budget Bill. According to the Guardian, "The biggest obstacle the bill faces is disputes among Republicans themselves. In the days leading up to the vote, Johnson had to reach agreements with lawmakers representing Democratic-led states who demanded a bigger deduction for state and local taxes (Salt). He also had to woo moderates wary of cutting too deeply into safety net programs and rightwing lawmakers demanding more cost savings. The speaker appears to have bridged those divides, aided by a visit to the Capitol from Trump on Tuesday. Moderates backed down after some cuts were nixed, while lawmakers who held out over Salt won an enlarged tax break. Johnson also managed to corral most fiscal conservatives, but acknowledged: ‘There was a few moments over the last week when it looked like the thing might fall apart.’" [Guardian, 5/22/25]
The House GOP Budget Bill Was Estimated To Increase The Uninsured Population By 8.6 Million By 2034. According to CNN, “The Medicaid and Affordable Care Act provisions in the package could result in 8.6 million more people being uninsured in 2034, according to an early CBO estimate released by Democratic lawmakers. That number is expected to grow with the latest changes.” [CNN, 5/28/25]
¶ February 2025: Trump Pushed Forward A Budget Bill That Spelled Out Future Medicaid Cuts
The Republican Budget Bill Passed Thanks To A “Push From President Donald Trump.” According to the Associated Press, "With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage Tuesday, a step toward delivering his ‘big, beautiful bill’ with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts despite a wall of opposition from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson had almost no votes to spare in his bare-bones GOP majority and fought on all fronts — against Democrats, uneasy rank-and-file Republicans and skeptical GOP senators — to advance the party’s signature legislative package. Trump made calls to wayward GOP lawmakers and invited Republicans to the White House. The vote was 217-215, with a single Republican and all Democrats opposed, and the outcome was in jeopardy until the gavel." [Associated Press, 2/25/25]
- HEADLINE: “What Can House Republicans Cut Instead Of Medicaid? Not Much.” [New York Times, 2/25/25]
- HEADLINE: "House Republican Budget Takes Away Health Care, Food Aid To Pay For Expanded Tax Cuts For Wealthy" [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/21/25]
- New York Times Reported The $880 Billion In Cuts Required By The Republican Budget Proposal Would Have To Come From Medicaid, Medicare, Or CHIP. According to the New York Times, "The budget resolution itself is silent on whether Congress cuts Medicaid, which provides health coverage to 72 million poor and disabled Americans. But it instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the program, to cut spending by $880 billion over the next decade. If the committee can’t save at least that much, the entire effort could be imperiled because of the special process Congress is using to avoid a Senate filibuster. Ten other committees have their own instructions to follow, though none have been assigned with cutting nearly as much. It’s not so simple as finding the cuts elsewhere. The special process, known as budget reconciliation, means Republicans will have to find all $880 billion from within the Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction. That leaves them with fewer options than one might think. […] If Republicans want to avoid major cuts to Medicaid, the largest pot of available money is in the other big government health insurance program: Medicare. […] Even if the committee cuts everything that’s not health care to $0, it will still be more than $600 billion short. The committee could also save around $200 billion by eliminating the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but that option has not been raised by the budget committee or anyone in House leadership. […] Even if all of these cuts, revenues and rule cancellations from outside health care can pass muster, the committee will still be left with hundreds of billions of dollars to cut to hit its goal. Mathematically, the budget committee’s instructions mean the committee would need to make major cuts to either Medicare, Medicaid or both." [New York Times, 2/25/25]
¶ More Than 59,000 Floridians In Fl-11 Could Lose Health Coverage As A Result Of The Republican Budget Bill
An Estimated 59,110 People In Florida’s 11th Congressional District On The Affordable Care Act And Medicaid Were Set To Lose Coverage Due To Republican Budget Bill Health Care Cuts. According to the Joint Economic Committee,
[Joint Economic Committee, Viewed 9/14/26]
2023: 110,300 Floridians In The 11th Congressional District Were Enrolled In Medicaid Or CHIP. According to the Center for American Progress,
[Center for American Progress, 3/11/25]
¶ Florida Hospitals Warned The Health Care Cuts In The Republican Spending Bill Were An “Extreme Blow” To The State’s Health Care System[AD1]
Florida Hospitals Warned That The Health Care Cuts Introduced In The Republican Spending Bill Were An “Extreme Blow” To Florida’s Health Care System. According to Axios, “Florida's health care workers and advocates are sounding the alarm over Medicaid cuts in President Trump's tax and spending bill, arguing millions of residents could lose access to care in an already underfunded system. Why it matters: Curtailing funding will force health care providers to reduce or do away with necessary services, increase driving times for rural families seeking care and increase costs, advocates say. […] The cuts are ‘not an accounting tactic’ but an ‘extreme blow’ to a system that is relied on by about one in five Florida residents, Mary C. Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, wrote prior to the bill's passing. ‘Florida already ranks nearly dead last regarding per capita Medicaid spending,’ she added. Florida has ‘no fat to trim, no bloat to eliminate, no waste to minimize.’” [Axios, 7/8/25]
¶ Florida Health Care Advocates Warned The Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts Would Destabilize The State’s Care System And Hospitals
Florida Health Care Advocates Warned The State’s Medicaid Enrollees That Relied On Community Health Centers Were At Risk Due To The Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Health Care Cuts. According to the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, “The budget reconciliation bill being considered by the U.S. Senate proposes $863 billion in Medicaid reductions over a decade, with 10.9 million Americans projected to lose coverage by 2034, according to a June 4 Congressional Budget Office report. In Florida, where 760,000 Medicaid enrollees rely on community health centers, advocates say the cuts would destabilize preventive care and overwhelm hospitals.” [Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Viewed 9/16/26]
- The CEO Of The Florida Association Of Community Health Centers Said The Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts Would Result In More Uninsured Patients And Less Hospital Capacity. According to the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, “Florida’s community health centers, which serve one in eight Medicaid patients statewide, face what advocates call an impossible math problem: more patients but fewer resources. ‘As the population in Florida increases, the number of our patients increase, the number of Medicaid enrollees decreases,’ said Jonathan Chapman, CEO of the Florida Association of Community Health Centers. ‘Therefore, by process of elimination, you’re going to see more uninsured people on our doorstep.’ The Congressional Budget Office projects Florida would lose $7.3 billion in federal Medicaid funds by 2030 under the House plan, with rural counties such as Gadsden and DeSoto facing severe strain. The bill remains stalled in the Senate, where Republicans are divided over many issues, including rural hospital protections.” [Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Viewed 9/16/26]
The CEO Of Brevard Health Alliance, Florida’s Only Federally Qualified Health Center, Warned The Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts Put Florida Patients At Risk.
According to the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, “Austin Helton, CEO of Brevard Health Alliance, said the cuts would dismantle primary-care access, rupturing what he called Florida’s ‘health-care ecosystem.’ ‘If you cut spending on Medicaid and ACA, which primarily pays for access to primary-care health services at community health centers, that access is gone,’ he said. ‘The patients are still going to need that care. They’re just going to end up sicker and they’re going to end up going to more costly and more complex environments like the emergency room at the hospital.’ Helton said the cuts would hit hardest at health-care facilities such as those under Brevard, where 60% to 70% of patients use Medicaid or ACA plans.” [Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Viewed 9/16/26]