Senator Jon Ossoff did not hold back when asked about Vice President J.D. Vance’s upcoming trip to Georgia. Ossoff made it clear that he sees the visit as nothing more than “damage control,” calling out Vance and the GOP’s deeply unpopular healthcare policies.
According to Ossoff, Georgia has already paid a steep price for years of neglect and cuts. “We’ve lost nine rural hospitals in the past decade,” he reminded. “Atlanta Medical Center, Georgia Baptist—both closed in just the last couple of years. And all of this is happening while Georgia faces a maternal mortality crisis and an ongoing healthcare access crisis.”
He went on to explain why Georgians are unlikely to buy what Vance is selling: “Defunding hospitals and nursing homes to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest people in the country is not popular here in Georgia. Throwing a hundred thousand people off Medicaid is not popular in Georgia. And that’s why the vice president is here—to defend policies that hurt Georgia families. I don’t think he’ll succeed.”
The legislation Ossoff was referencing, often touted by Trump and his allies as a “big, beautiful bill,” is anything but. By the numbers, it strips over a trillion dollars from Medicaid over the next decade. That means millions of Americans could lose healthcare, countless hospitals will be forced to shut down, and some communities may never recover.
Trying to sell this plan as anything other than a massive tax giveaway to the richest Americans is going to be a tall order for Vance. His job in Georgia is to dress it up as good policy, but with Ossoff drawing attention to the real consequences, that mission may fall flat.
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