Crank, Killin Trade Barbs Ahead of CD5 Debates
Congressman Jeff Crank (R-CO) and his Democratic challenger Jessica Killin, agree: our health care system is a mess. At their respective Colorado Springs events this week, the candidates made clear that’s about all they agree on.
Killin joined Colorado legislators and health advocates at Boulder Park in Colorado Springs to discuss the impact on Colorado after Congressional Republicans slashed more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
“Jeff Crank brags that he was the deciding vote on that bill,” said Killin. “That bill is estimated to take about 225,000 Coloradans off of their health care. As I go across this community talking to people every single day, I hear from people who got a raise, who got a promotion, but they don’t feel it because their deductibles went up, because their premiums went up. I hear about people who are having to make choices between insulin and groceries, between the healthca…