ICYMI: Representative Tran, California Congressional Delegation Raise Alarm on Impacts of Health Care Cuts

Orange County, CA - In case you missed it, U.S. Representative Derek Tran joined Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33) and freshman members of the California Congressional Delegation to discuss how the ongoing shutdown and affordable health care crisis are hurting families across California.

"When I talk to people in the grocery store or at the barber shop, I don't hear about Democrats or Republicans. I hear that people are frustrated - and that they're scared. They're scared of their health care becoming unaffordable or losing it altogether," said Representative Tran. "If these cuts continue, more and more people are going to see their clinics close and their insurance costs go up. Congressional Republicans are asking us to rubber-stamp this. I won't do it. I won't sign off on raising costs for the families in my district."

H.R. 1 slashed trillions in funding for Medicaid, leaving one-third of CA-45 residents, or over 250,000 people, at risk of losing access to health care.

If Congress does not act, 35,000 people in California's 45th Congressional District will see their health care costs rise, and over 9,000 will be priced out of their health insurance entirely.

Representative Tran remains committed to lowering the cost of essential health care for hardworking families in CA-45. He voted against H.R. 5371,the partisan government funding package that guts affordable health care through the Affordable Care Act. Tran signed a letterto House Leadership urging the permanent extension of premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, and cosponsored H.R. 4849, the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act,to codify those tax credits in law. Tran voted againstdismantling access to affordable health care and signed a discharge petition in the House to bring H.R. 2753, the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, to the House floor for a vote. He also introduced H.R. 4317, the bipartisan PBM Reform Act, alongside Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01), to encourage transparency and accountability in pharmacy benefit managers' (PBM) practices and lower the cost of prescription medication for hard-working families. Tran co-leads H.R. 4641, the Keep Kids Covered Act,with Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14), which would reduce the cost of healthcare for parents by ensuring continuous healthcare coverage for all children enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Congressman Derek Tran represents California's 45th Congressional District. Serving his first term in Congress, Congressman Tran is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Small Business Committee, where he is Ranking Member of the Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee. Congressman Tran is the son of Vietnamese refugees, a Veteran, and fought for consumers as an attorney before entering Congress.