Year After Ciscomani Vote for Republican Tax Law, Tucson Health Facility Closing

TUCSON — A year after Ciscomani and his Republican colleagues ignored warnings from health care providers and patients that their Republican Tax Law would threaten access to health care for millions of Americans, Arizona facilities are starting to close down. 

 According to the Tucson Sentinel:

“[Select Specialty Hospital – Tucson East]  informed staff and filed a notice of the coming job cuts July 9 with state officials, as required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

The WARN notice came about a year after the passage of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which cuts nearly $1 trillion in federal funding to Medicaid over the next decade.

The hospital is located in Southern Arizona's 6th Congressional District, currently represented by second-term U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani. 

Ciscomani, in the days before the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, urged U.S. senators to oppose any legislation that would limit Medicaid access for "vulnerable adults."

A January analysis by the Arizona Mirror indicated the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would result in the loss of nearly $110 million for 10 hospitals in or near CD 6 each year over the course of a decade.

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association also openly opposed the bill at the time, stating that the version passed through the House in May 2025 was "significantly stronger" in its commitment to Arizona's Medicaid recipients, but the version passed through the Senate about two months later would cause widespread harm.”

“A year ago, Arizonans were demanding that Congressman Ciscomani vote against the Republican Tax Law because it would threaten access to care, but he ignored us and now we’re starting to see closures,” said Honest Arizona Executive Director Andrea Moreno. “Unfortunately, more and more Arizonans will suffer and lose access to the care they need because of that one vote.”

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