One Year Ago: Schweikert, Ciscomani Voted for Default on America Act To Cut Health Care, Increase Costs

PHOENIX — Congressmen David Schweikert and Juan Ciscomani voted to pass the “Default on America Act” – a wide-ranging bill that would have made severe cuts to health care and other services while raising costs and protecting big corporations and wealthy tax cheats – one year ago today. 

Fortunately, their bill did not become law but since then, both Congressmen have continued to vote for and support measures to raise health care costs, make Arizonans’ home energy bills more expensive, and protect wealthy tax cheats at the expense of Arizona’s working families.

“Threatening a default crisis to increase costs on Arizonans while protecting wealthy and corporate tax cheats is the opposite of the leadership that Arizonans expect,” said Les Braswell with Honest Arizona. “Congressmen Schweikert and Ciscomani should be standing up for Arizona families instead of billionaires and corporations.”

The Default on America Act would have:

  • increased costs for working people, including child care costs, utility costs, housing costs, and health care costs

  • reduced veterans’ access to health care 

  • delayed the wait times for Social Security assistance for Arizonans

  • cut access to health centers that support Arizonans living in rural communities

  • repealed key parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, threatening thousands of new Arizona jobs while giving a $6 billion tax break to Big Oil

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