Rep. Mackenzie Has Voted to Cut Medicaid and SNAP, Let Critical Health Care Tax Credits Expire, and Backed Cost-Raising Tariffs

January 20, 2026

Allentown, PENNSYLVANIA - While Congressman Ryan Mackenzie takes a victory lap, touting his “achievements” in his first year in office, his constituents are facing the loss of food assistance, rising costs due to tariffs, and some of the highest health care premium rate increases in the Commonwealth thanks to his actions in Washington, which have benefited billionaires over working-class families.

Last summer, Congressman Mackenzie voted for the Republican Tax, which included the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history. Over 160,000 Pennsylvanians in PA-07 rely on Medicaid, while over 110,000 Pennsylvanians in the district rely on SNAP. These cuts could result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs across our Commonwealth, threaten the fate of food assistance in the Commonwealth, and put hospitals and nursing homes at risk of closure, leaving Pennsylvanians hours away from or without access to critical care.

Congressman Mackenzie also voted twice last year for funding packages that did not include an extension of these expiring health care tax credits, ultimately letting them expire at the end of 2025, skyrocketing health care costs for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth. His constituents will face some of the highest rate hikes, with a district-wide average increase of 178% and Lehigh, Carbon, and Northampton Counties all facing average premium increases of more than $300/month.

On top of all of that, Congressman Mackenzie has voted four times to keep Trump’s tariffs in place while prices for Lehigh Valley businesses and families continue to skyrocket. Due to these tariffs, grocery prices have jumped, Mack Trucks laid off hundreds of workers at its Lehigh Valley Operations center, and some local companies are considering moving their manufacturing overseas. One local business, IPVM based in Bethlehem Township, was sanctioned by China in retaliation for tariffs.

Affordable Pennsylvania calls on Congressman Mackenzie to prioritize Pennsylvanians over billionaires in 2026.