Arizona Ranks Third in the Nation for Healthcare Cuts Because of Andy Biggs and David Schweikert
7/8/26, 9:00 PM
Arizona had the third-highest decline in Affordable Care Act enrollment in the country, according to new reporting from Axios today, a staggering 29.5 percent drop in coverage that's a direct result of the healthcare cuts Andy Biggs and David Schweikert supported.
According to the report, “Arizona was the third-hardest hit state when it came to drops in Affordable Care Act coverage after beefed-up federal subsidies expired this year, according to state-by-state federal data.”
Despite the disastrous consequences of the Washington budget for Arizonans, Biggs has called it a “good thing” and has pushed for “the more cut approach,” while Schweikert bragged about personally co-writing this “historic” bill that drove up Arizona’s cost of living.
Copper State Victory spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado said:
“This new report confirms what Arizona families have been experiencing: Andy Biggs and David Schweikert’s healthcare cuts are ripping coverage away from Arizonans and driving up healthcare costs across the state. As coverage disappears and premiums rise, Arizona families are left paying the bill for a partisan budget Biggs called a 'good thing' and Schweikert proudly claimed to have written. Arizonans deserve leaders who lower costs, not politicians who make healthcare more expensive."
This is the latest example of how Biggs and Schweikert have made healthcare and everyday life more expensive for Arizona families:
Monthly healthcare premiums increased 30 percent after Biggs and Schweikert voted to strip tax credits away from 400,000 Arizonans, yet both Biggs and Schweikert voted against bipartisan efforts to reverse the damage and lower costs.
Biggs and Schweikert’s partisan budget threatened healthcare coverage for 365,000 Arizonans, closing 8 healthcare clinics, and putting an additional 8 rural hospitals at risk of closure.
More than 400,000 Arizonans, including about 180,000 children, lost lifesaving food assistance because of Biggs and Schweikert, “the largest decline in the nation by a wide margin.”
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