DFL lawmakers introduce 'Medicaid Not Millionaires' bill to offset proposed federal Medicaid cuts

Representative Ayesha Gomez, DFL chair of the House Taxes Committee, introduced House File 2591, the "Medicaid Not Millionaires Act," at a Minnesota legislative event and said the measure would impose a contingent tax on millionaires to replace federal Medicaid dollars if Congress enacts cuts.

"It's the Medicaid Not Millionaires Act and it's a very simple bill," Representative Ayesha Gomez said. "We are not going to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and corporations on the backs of Minnesota's children or any other vulnerable Minnesotan who just wants to have access to the health care that they need."

Nut graf: Sponsors framed the proposal as a state-level response to a federal budget resolution under consideration in Congress that they say would cut about $880,000,000,000 from Medicaid nationally. They described the bill as a contingent revenue mechanism that would create a new top income tax tier to recoup the state share of any federal Medicaid reductions, and they stressed the measure is intended to preserve services…