COMMUNITY NOTES: Oregon Groups Call Out Bentz on His Medicaid-Cutting Vote - Malheur Enterprise

Commentary: Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, including Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, voted last week to potentially slash Medicaid coverage and vital rural health care funding. After significant pushback by constituents, more draconian cuts to Medicaid were avoided for…

COMMUNITY NOTES: Oregon groups call out Bentz on his Medicaid-cutting vote - Malheur Enterprise

PROTECT OREGON NOW PRESS RELEASE Ontario — Last week, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz voted to cut Medicaid in the Congressional Energy and Commerce Committee, but Oregonians in his district have been calling and writing to him asking him to stand up for them and not for billionaires when the bill comes up for a final vote.  The budget bill that Congressional Republicans are rushing through the reconciliation process would cut an estimated $715 billion fr…