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Bean On The Affordable Care Act: “We Have Got To Dismantle It, Start Over. In Fact, I Don’t Know If It Can Be Saved At All.” [Newsmax News, 11/14/25]
Aaron Bean Called Health Care Tax Credits "Yucky" [3/10/2026]
¶ How To Win Against Aaron Bean
Aaron Bean actively fought to make life harder for Floridians in his district. From his time in the Florida Senate to his current role as a Congressman, Bean has shown that he cares more about his own political career than improving life for Floridians. He voted to kick more than 55,000 Floridians off their health coverage by supporting the Big Ugly Bill, even though Florida health care professionals warned that the bill’s cuts would deal an “extreme blow” to the state’s health care system. In the same vote, he passed the biggest cuts to SNAP in history, ignoring that more than 46,000 households in his district relied on the program. Bean was an early and vocal supporter of DOGE, launching the Congressional DOGE Caucus immediately after Trump was elected the second time and saying he was “thrilled” to work with the agency. Even as DOGE was eliminating his constituents’ jobs and hamstringing the Social Security agency, Bean said he was “proud” to work alongside the agency.
Bean is a member of the Republican Study Committee, which has staunchly advocated for raising the retirement age, claiming it was the only way to keep Social Security solvent. He praised Trump’s tariffs despite the “mega-layoffs” they were causing across the country and the $1,000 tax increase they imposed on Americans. He has also landed himself in ethics crises twice as a Florida state senator: once after he secured $1 million in state funding to his friend’s business, and again after the hospital he worked at was set to receive $12 million in special appropriations funding right after his brother-in-law became chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
¶ Bean Voted For Devastating Health Care Cuts and Called to Dismantle the Law that Provided 4.7 Million Floridians with Health Insurance
- Bean voted for a bill that would kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans off of Medicaid. More than 55,000 Floridians could lose their health coverage as a result of his votes. The President of the Florida Hospital Association called the health care cuts an “extreme blow” to the state’s health care system.
- Bean called to “dismantle” the Affordable Care Act even though more than 4.7 million Floridians rely on the law for health insurance – the most of any state in the country. He also claimed the ACA tax credits were a “disaster” and allowed them to expire, which resulted in Florida families facing dramatic premium increases.
Message: Bean voted to take health coverage from Floridians to give billionaires tax breaks.
¶ Bean Supported Massive Cuts To Medicare and Was Part of a Group that Supported Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
- Bean voted for Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would trigger more than $500 billion in cuts to Medicare absent future congressional action.
- Bean was a member of the Republican Study Committee, which staunchly advocated for raising the age at which seniors would be eligible to collect Social Security. The Committee claimed that the age increase was essential for keeping Social Security solvent, ignoring that a higher retirement age would cut the median-wage retiree’s benefits by thousands of dollars every year. The Committee also advocated for turning Medicare into a voucher system, which would raise health care costs for most beneficiaries.
Message: Bean worked to make health care more expensive and less accessible for Florida seniors.
¶ Bean Voted To Cut Food Assistance His Constituents Rely On To Afford Groceries
- Bean voted for a bill that made the largest SNAP cut in history. More than 46,000 households, making up 14.5% of his district, relied on SNAP to afford groceries.
Message: Bean voted to cut food assistance his constituents relied on to afford groceries, all to give tax cuts to billionaires.
¶ Bean Was The Deciding Vote To Protect Trump’s Tariffs that were Raising Prices on Floridians
- Bean praised Trump’s trade policy and claimed his tariffs were improving the United States’ negotiating status with foreign nations. Then, he voted six times to protect the tariffs, including in April 2025 when he was the deciding vote to protect them, dooming Florida families who relied on him to a trade war and spooking businesses. Tariffs are contributing to higher food prices, “mega-layoffs” across the country, and amounted to a $1,000 tax increase on Americans.
Message: Bean thought Floridians paying higher prices and dealing with “mega-layoffs” was okay.
¶ Bean Supported An Agency That Laid Off Federal Workers And Hamstrung Social Security
- Bean was a very early supporter of Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” As soon as Trump was elected Bean helped launch the “Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE)” Caucus in order to support the government agency’s agenda, and said he was “thrilled” to be able to work with DOGE. To expedite DOGE’s harmful agenda, Bean introduced legislation requiring federal workers to relocate outside the Beltway and fought to codify DOGE into federal law, touting that he was “proud” to support DOGE’s efforts.
- Despite all the time Bean spent hyping up DOGE’s importance, Floridians were suffering thanks to the agency’s actions. DOGE’s downsizing efforts were affecting the federal government’s ability to deliver services to seniors, and the mass layoffs of federal workers were causing Floridians to suffer. More than 173,000 Floridians in Bean’s district relied on Social Security benefits and 18,000 were employed by the federal government.
Message: Bean was “thrilled” to eliminate his constituents’ jobs and cause Florida seniors to wait longer for services.
¶ Bean Supported Abortion Bans That Endangered Floridians
- Bean has long been an anti-choice extremist, starting from his time in the Florida Senate when he attended an anti-abortion protest outside a Planned Parenthood and called the organization “evil” for providing reproductive health care. Bean later called abortion a “horrible procedure” while pushing legislation that tightened regulations on abortion clinics, and in a debate over the legislation called for getting Florida “out of the abortion business.” In 2022, Bean voted for Florida’s 15-week abortion ban that endangered Floridians.
- Bean’s anti-abortion behavior continued in Congress. He voiced opposition to a ballot amendment to enshrine the right to abortion in Florida’s constitution that 57 percent of Floridians supported, and touted receiving a high score from the anti-choice Family Research Council Action for his “pro-faith, pro-family, and pro-freedom” voting record.
Message: Bean was an anti-choice extremist who supported an abortion ban that endangered Floridians.
¶ Bean Was Accused Of Abusing His Political Position To Benefit Himself and His Friends
- As a state senator in 2017, Bean hid a request for $1 million in special appropriations funding that went to his friend’s business in order to launch a mental health screening program. After an ethics complaint was lodged against Bean, an investigation uncovered that Bean and his friend discussed how the funding could lead to everyone involved “making money together.”
- As a state senator in 2018, Bean was accused of trying to secure $12 million in special appropriations funding for the hospital he worked at after his brother-in-law became chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Bean claimed he did not request the funding, but said he voted to approve the funding and would do so again if given the chance.
Message: How can Floridians trust Bean to faithfully handle taxpayer money as a Congressman given his record as a state senator?
¶ It Took Bean 11 Months To Vote To Release The Epstein Files
- Bean voted twice to protect the accused pedophiles named in the Epstein files, and never cosponsored legislation or signed Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition that called for the Epstein files to be released. Only after Trump signaled it was okay did Bean vote to release the files.
Message: Bean voted to protect the accused pedophiles named in the Epstein files until Trump signaled it was okay to vote to release the files.
¶ Issue Briefs
¶ Aaron Bean's Votes Hurt Everyday Floridians
Bean Voted To Take Health Coverage From Floridians
Bean Was A Threat To Social Security and Medicare
Bean Voted To Cut Food Assistance Floridians Relied On To Afford Groceries
Bean Supported Tariffs That Raised Prices On Floridians
Bean Supported An Agency That Laid Off Federal Workers And Hamstrung Social Security
Bean's Anti-Choice Views Endangered Florida Women
¶ Aaron Bean Used His Power To Protect Himself And The Powerful
Bean Was Accused Of Using His Political Position To Benefit Himself And His Friends
It Took Bean 11 Months To Vote To Release The Epstein Files
Aaron Bean's Key Votes In Congress