PA-07: In 7th District, Medicaid cuts emerge as early campaign issue

After President Trump’s budget bill passed, Democrats and health care groups launched ads against U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in the 7th Congressional District, saying his yes vote has set up rural hospitals for closures and for seniors, veterans and disabled children to lose health care.

Mackenzie, in turn, has touted the bill as helping working families – highlighting the permanent extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, bigger standard deductions, more money for border walls and defense, and temporarily ending taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security.

“This budget delivers on those priorities — bringing tax relief to every American, protecting our communities, enacting commonsense government reforms, and investing in our future,” Mackenzie said in a statement to Armchair Lehigh Valley.

The 2026 midterms may be 15 months away, but Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has emerged as a wedge issue in the race for control of Congress.



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