Yesterday:

Congressman Mark Alford
[September 24, 2025]

Republicans want to prioritize rural healthcare over illegal aliens.

Democrats are willing to SHUT DOWN the government to take money from the LARGEST EVER investment for rural hospitals to give illegals Medicaid—harming our troops, veterans, and families in the process.

Some of the responses:

The Republicans are who caused all of the rural hospitals to close.

Liar

Not true!

Incorrect. The CONSTITUTION demands that funding be determined by CONGRESS – not one side of Congress, not one part of Congress – the whole of Congress. NOT at the command of one Usurper. You got what you were TOLD TO DO by the Usurper. It’s ALL ON YOU for NOT following the CONSTITUTION.

Let’s listen to the farmers who spoke at your town hall.

Actually socialized medicine works very well, as we have Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs.
Over half of this nation is under socialized medicine RIGHT NOW.
Half the babies are born under Medicaid RIGHT NOW.
You’ve been sold a bill of goods by your health care insurance industry to keep you paying and paying and paying.

Such a great comedian.

you support the most corrupt president in history. What a patsy.

We deserve to hear the truth

you won’t get it on Alford’s page.

Let’s be clear: no party is trying to “take money from rural hospitals.” That’s a manufactured wedge. The real issue is whether America honors its commitments—to rural communities, veterans, families, and yes, basic human dignity.
Medicaid isn’t a zero-sum game. Undocumented immigrants aren’t the reason rural hospitals are underfunded—decades of disinvestment and corporate consolidation are. Pitting rural healthcare against immigrant care is a cynical distraction from the actual budget choices being made: tax breaks for billionaires, cuts to food assistance, and stalled infrastructure.
If Republicans truly prioritized rural healthcare, they’d protect hospital funding and expand access—not scapegoat vulnerable populations. And if Democrats are fighting to preserve Medicaid, that’s not sabotage—it’s stewardship.
This isn’t about “illegal aliens.” It’s about whether we govern with integrity or inflame with slogans. Rural America deserves better than shutdown brinkmanship and culture war bait.

if you cut a trillion and give back 50 million then your argument don’t make sense

But he’ll spin it anyway.

Why did you make the cuts to rural healthcare in the first place?

How are the farmers doing Mark?

I live in Mo farm country and folks are not ok. Groceries are outrageous, property taxes just went up, property insurance skyrocketed, gas is still almost $3/gallon. There are several small businesses that have closed because of the tariffs on goods they can’t get in the US. Our electricity bill doubled this summer, even with less kWh use. I can’t imagine what our winter heating bill is going to be. And they’re cutting food assistance. China hasn’t ordered soybeans….they entered contracts with other countries like Brazil and Argentina. Meanwhile, the cost of fertilizer, feeds,vet meds for livestock has increased dramatically. We. Are. Not. Winning.

You took away 150 billion dollars from healthcare and now you want a gold star for funding 50? No. That’s not how that works Mark.

I would like to understand what you are saying. What I understand is that the Republicans control the House, Senate, AND the White House. So if a government shutdown happens, it is the Republican’s fault! No doubt about it. End of story!

This makes absolutely no sense, let me translate: “Hi, I’m going to lie through my teeth and expect you to believe me okay? Thanks!” Fixed it.

You cannot possibly be a Christian as much as you lie.

It’s estimated that 4.2 million Americans will become uninsured if the ACA tax credits are allowed to expire. In addition, premiums will be driven way up for those Americans that remain in the markets. Democrats want everyone to be able to afford, and have access to, affordable health care. Medicaid benefits would not go to “illegal aliens”. That is just Republicans being dishonest to manipulate voters, as usual. I just wish people would put forth the effort to get the facts, then maybe they would quit voting against their interests.

What a joke of a representative.

Remember you gave huge tax cuts to a few, sacrificing food & health care for millions. You cannot put the shut-down on Democrats since your party chose to make access to health care & food harder. Democrats are fighting for food & insurance for millions. You gave it away for the benefit of a few.

That might mean our local hospital will be shut down. Many of us can’t drive to the cities. Already talking about it.

If you cared about “Rural Healthcare”, you wouldn’t have rubber stamped that Billionaire Betterment Bill.

Apparently, this fellow doesn’t really understand the issues.

Heh.

You voted to take away Healthcare from millions

Your words make no sense. You are putting blame in the wrong area. I would hope that both parties would vote for no further increase in the deficit. since the Bug Beautiful Bill has passed (which took money from rural hospitals, took money from our troops and veterans), this vote does not change that. The people of Missouri are finally getting wise and your blame game is totally off base.

No actually the budget bill takes 150 billion away in health spending to rural areas. Do you favor maintaining Medicaid expansion and the ACA? If not, you are voting against rural.folk…again.

This obviously isn’t the whole story. Tell us all of the facts instead of attacks.

Don’t even try to pin this on the Dems! Apparently, you haven’t been listening at your town halls. You BBB is a BPOS!

If republicans cared about rural healthcare, they wouldn’t have passed the bbb. You idiots only care about whatever your billionaire donors say. You flip flop every single day. You have less backbone than a wet noodle. Fuckin clowns

That’s on you, buddy.

If that were true, why Republicans vote to strip Medicare and Medicaid away from the families that need it the most??

Seriously? The Republicans have majority in the House, majority in the Senate and the President. If you shut down the government it is entirely the fault of the Republicans.

Lying again. The problems with rural healthcare and farmers are direct results of this administration and the GOP’s priorities of rewarding the rich and punishing the poor, the sick and veterans, their dysfunctional economic policies of tariffs and huge deficits triggering PAYGO, and taking healthcare away from millions, while also deporting millions of people who worked in healthcare and on farms and paid into our government to the tune of $100 billion a year and got almost nothing from it. The GOP’s only plan is to pay subsidies (our tax money) in the billions and billions of dollars to farmers after INTENTIONALLY destroying their markets (to China and hundreds of USAID food programs, and schools) and also paying out billions to rural hospitals after intentionally destroying their Medicaid payments. In other words, they are transferring money that directly helped people survive to support business and pay corporate welfare, while abandoning individuals. Farmers want markets, not handouts. People need healthcare, not hospitals with money and no patients who can afford to go there.
Single payer healthcare is the only solution to the hospital problem. The greed of for-profit medicine is outrageous. Healthcare should NEVER be a business model that only the rich can afford.
The GOP is about to raise your healthcare premiums in the hundreds of dollars, each month, per person. Get ready.

Misleading hogwash

Lies again. Half truths. Twisted words. Your cuts to Medicaid in the BBB is why rural hospitals will be shutting down. Republicans can’t get off their knees long enough to help people. Only helping the rich.

Alford, why do you lie about easily debunked falsehoods? What are you going to do about farmers going bankrupt in your state? I’m amused by Lil Maga Mike Johnson spinning lies about who is being punished and losing Healthcare when real Americans are the true victims at yet another Republican attempt to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Republicans control all levers of government, yet they want to blame Democrats for another Trump shutdown. You’re full of crap.

You’re such a liar. You killed medicaid dipshit.

You’re an asshole!

And on and on….