Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., representing California’s 25th district, has recently shared insights through a series of tweets regarding political events and issues. He has been serving in Congress since 2013, succeeding Mary Bono. Born in Zacatecas City, Mexico, Ruiz now resides in Indio and is an alumnus of both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Harvard University.
On May 5, Congressman Ruiz reflected on a town hall meeting held in Rancho Mirage. He expressed gratitude to attendees at the event organized by the House Democrats Steering & Policy Committee alongside Leader Hakeem Jeffries, S&P Co-Chair Nanette Barragán, and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández. In his tweet “A powerful town hall in Rancho Mirage!”, he emphasized listening directly to constituents about their priorities.
In a subsequent post on May 7, Ruiz announced his participation with the Democratic Doctors Caucus to oppose proposed Republican reductions to Medicaid funding. He invited followers to join him live as they addressed concerns over plans to cut $880 billion from Medicaid. As he stated “I’m going live with the Democratic Doctors Caucus…”.
Further discussing health care implications on May 8, Congressman Ruiz highlighted findings from a Congressional Budget Office report which supports his previous assertions about the impact of an extreme Republican budget proposal. According to this report “Today a report was released by the Congressional Budget Office.”, approximately 5.5 million people could lose health coverage if these budgetary changes are enacted.
