¶ Beltran Supported Trump’s Sweeping Cuts To Medicare
¶ Beltran Claimed Healthcare Wasn’t A Core Function Of Government
Beltran Claimed Healthcare Wasn’t A “Core Function Of Government.” According to Florida Politics, “Like Fried, Rep. Mike Beltran, the lone member to vote against the bills, also thinks Live Healthy is unaffordable for Florida. ‘It’s a massive fiscal. It’s an absolutely massive fiscal. And to do what? It’s basically to subsidize health care, which is like, it’s not a core function of government. I know the government spends a lot of money on health care, but it’s not like roads, police, fire, military, borders, the justice system, courts, jails, prisons. It’s not a core function of government.’” [Florida Politics, 3/23/24]
¶ Beltran Promised To Make Trump’s Cuts In The One Big, Beautiful Bill Permanent
Beltran’s Website Promised To Make The Working Families Tax Cuts Permanent. According to Center Square, “Beltran called for cutting taxes, balancing the federal budget and supporting deportation efforts. ‘Mike strongly supports President Trump's Working Families Tax Cut, delivering no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and real relief for seniors on Social Security,’ Beltran's website reads. ‘These cuts are putting more money into the pockets of hardworking American families that earned it, and Mike will fight to make them permanent.’ Steele has criticized Beltran for his voting history in the Florida legislature and said he will support the Trump administration's tax cut policies.” [Center Square, 8/16/26]
- The One Big, Beautiful Bill Was Also Known As The Working Families Tax Cuts. According to a press release from Rep. Ron Estes, “On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law historic legislation that will lower taxes for everyday Americans. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act – also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts – is now law, and Kansans will see the benefit when they file their taxes.” [Press Release – Rep. Ron Estes, Viewed 8/27/26]
¶ Trump Fought For Passage Of The “Big Beautiful Bill,” Which Would Trigger Nearly $500 Billion In Medicare Cuts Absent Future Congressional Action
Trump Worked With Congress 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 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]
- May 2025: The Passage Of The Budget Bill Was A “Triumphant Moment For Johnson,” Who Got The Bill Passed With A Singular Vote Margin. According to ABC News, "A smiling Speaker Mike Johnson announced the massive measure passed by a single vote -- 215-214 -- and was greeted with applause. He had struggled to get it done -- as he had promised -- by Memorial Day, before lawmakers go on recess. The sweeping package of tax cuts, Medicaid reform and immigration spending delivers on many of the president's domestic campaign promises. Following debate that stretched Wednesday through the entire night and into early Thursday morning, the vote was a triumphant moment for Johnson, who conquered sharp divisions among his conference ‘through a lot of prayer’ amid a historically low 3-vote majority." [ABC News, 5/22/25]
HEADLINE: "Trump And GOP’s Tax Bill Would Force Cuts To Medicare, CBO Says" [Washington Post, 5/21/25]
- The Congressional Budget Office Estimated That The House Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Trigger Nearly $500 Billion In Cuts To Medicare. According to a letter the Congressional Budget Office sent to Rep. Brendan Boyle, "Today the Congressional Budget Office transmitted an estimate of the budgetary effects of the 2025 reconciliation bill, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025. 1 CBO has not yet completed estimates of the effects of interactions among the titles of the legislation. This letter responds to your questions concerning the sequestration (the cancellation of budgetary resources) in accordance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (S-PAYGO) that would occur if an enacted bill raised deficits by $2.3 trillion over 10 years. Under S-PAYGO, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to maintain 5- and 10-year scorecards that it updates with the estimated cumulative changes in revenues and outlays generated by newly enacted legislation. […] The 4 percent maximum reduction in Medicare spending would apply to sequestration orders for years after 2026. If OMB ordered a sequestration of $230 billion for each year through 2034, the ordered reductions in Medicare spending would increase to about $75 billion in 2034 and would total roughly $490 billion over the 2027–2034 period." [Letter to Rep. Brendan Boyle – Congressional Budget Office, 5/20/25]
¶ 2025: More Than 5.2 Million Floridians Relied On Medicare Coverage
2025: 5,237,194 People In Florida Relied On Medicare Coverage. According to FLhealthcharts.gov,
[FLhealthcharts.gov – Medicaid Enrollment, Viewed 8/27/26]
¶ 2025: More Than 271,000 People In Hillsborough County Relied On Medicare
2025: 271,057 People In Hillsborough County, Florida, Relied On Medicare Coverage. According to FLhealthcharts.gov,
[FLhealthcharts.gov – Medicaid Enrollment, Viewed 8/27/26]