Juan Ciscomani voted for Medicaid cuts as part of the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
Multiple sources confirm Ciscomani voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, which contains Medicaid cuts, so the vote claim holds. Sources also show he pushed to soften the Medicaid provisions and argue the cuts would have been larger without his efforts, which is context rather than contradiction.
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… Now, jobs in those communities, and especially in rural communities, are devastating, and, you know, I can't even imagine, especially as we enter winter, how people are gonna make ends meet. I mean, it's just, it's it's insane. Your opponent voted for these Medicaid cuts as part of the Big Beautiful Bill. Um, you already mentioned rural hospitals, really important element in your race. I How do you think that, if you were elected and if we do have control of Congress, that we can blunt some of the damage done specifically in healthcare and perhaps be able to …
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Supports. The Hill (Oct. 25, 2026) reports Ciscomani was among House GOP moderates who objected to deep Medicaid cuts but 'voted for the bill anyway.'[2]
Supports. AZPM (Oct. 25, 2026) reports all six Arizona House Republicans, including Ciscomani, voted for Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' which it describes as including nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid and Medicare cuts.[3]
Supports. The Stated Record notes the Clerk recorded Ciscomani's Yea on House passage of H.R. 1 and his Aye on final concurrence, and that the law changes Medicaid financing rules.[4]
Context. AP (May 2025) reports Ciscomani told colleagues he would not support steep Medicaid cuts and signed a letter opposing reductions, and The Stated Record says he held his vote until a proposed FMAP cut was removed, so his stance was more nuanced than unconditional support.[1][4]
Context. Ciscomani has said the cuts would have been larger had he not pushed back, a defense that disputes the scale of the cuts but does not deny the vote.[2]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 2 not rated
- 1GOP centrists decry deep cuts to Medicaid and other ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Republicans struggle for an answer to Democrats’ Medicaid attacksthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 3- AZPMazpm.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4The Stated Recordstatedrecord.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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