South Bay Congressman Ted Lieu held telephone town hall reacts to ‘Big Ugly Bill’
by Garth Meyer Congressman Ted Lieu held a telephone town hall July 30 with three top health officials from his 36th District about what will happen now that “The Big Beautiful Bill Act” has become law. It was signed by President Trump July 4. Lieu opposed it. The health officials on the call were Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief deputy director of L.A. County Department of Public Health; Dr. Mitesh Popat, CEO of Venice Family Clinic; and Dr. Andrea Turner, CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The event took place on a House Democrats’ “Medicaid and Medicare Matters Day of Action.” Rep. Lieu began the town hall by noting Congress was on early recess, called by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to enable an “epic cover-up of massive proportions.” The early break was to avoid a vote on the Jeffrey Epstein files, Lieu explained. “Approximately 14,000 residents are going to lose their health insurance in California’s 36th Congressional District under this big, ugly law,” Lieu said. “Statewide, California will see a $150 billion cut in federal funding for Medi-Cal, which is what we call Medicaid in California. And over two million Californians will lose health insurance. And so, this is a very…
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