Greg Steube, Republican & Floridiot, wants to ban ALL Registered Persons from obtaining Medicaid AND eliminate tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. This isn’t the first time that Congress had targeted RPs from government assistance. In 2010, Congress passed a bill banning RPs from obtaining Small Business Loans from the Small Business Administration; they had also tried passing legislation in 2010 banning RPs from receiving Federal Housing Loans and Unemployment Compensation but both failed to fully advance in time. (Both passed the House but failed to advance in the Senate.) Under this current administration, this has a better chance of passing. Of course, Trump and his cronies will continue to gt the best healthcare money can buy, while RPs and their families will be forced to suffer without adequate healthcare.
Steuben has been a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act. During thre COVID-19 Pandemic, he was also among those conspiacy theorists claiming that the “deep state” at the FDA was preventing the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, to treat COVID-19. Medical experts note that hydroxychloroquine neither treats nor prevents infection by COVID-19. He is also a defender of the J6 insurrection & promotes the conspiracy that the 2020 was “stolen.” (I'm generally not a fan of Wikipedia but in this instance, they've done a good job of covering this assclown's voting record.)
He was also accessed of impropriety for possible illegal work while acting as a lobbyist.
The bill is HR 7453 (119th Congress, 2025-2026)
(Source: Rep. Steube: No ACA or Medicaid for Sex Offenders.” Rep. Greg Steube. 2/10/2026. https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/rep-steube-no-aca-or-medicaid-for-sex-offenders/)
U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced yesterday the Criminals’ Loss of Eligibility and Assistance Networks Act or CLEAN Act. This bill prohibits sex offenders from receiving federally funded Medicaid benefits as well as the refundable tax credit for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
“Sex offenders have no business tapping into programs intended for lower-income and disadvantaged Americans,” said Rep. Steube. “Taxpayers have the right to know their hard-earned money is not being used to cover the medical expenses of serial abusers and criminals. Rapists and abusers have no business receiving federal benefits. My bill will protect Medicaid and ACA assistance for law-abiding Americans by barring sex offenders from accessing these programs.”
Background: The CLEAN Act amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit sex offenders from receiving the refundable tax credit for coverage with a qualified health plan under the Affordable Care Act. It also amends the Social Security Act to make sex offenders ineligible for federally funded benefits under Medicaid.
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