REPORT: Economic Policy Innovation Center dismantles Soros-funded attack ads in Iowa

The Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) sets the record straight on a series of misleading attack ads hitting Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a new report reveals.

The ads, which are bankrolled by a group funded by George Soros, falsely insinuate that Miller-Meeks voted to take away Medicaid from individuals with disabilities. EPIC dismantled these claims, explaining that “the reforms in the OBBB do note target low-income children, individuals with a disability, or those who can work and choose to do so.”

“As usual, all the Democrats have is lies. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to protect care for Iowas’s most vulnerable, and no amount of spin can change the facts.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle

Read the full story here or see excerpts below:

Researchers defend GOP Medicaid reforms after left-wing attack ads
The Washington Times
Ben Sellers
October 31, 2025

Researchers called out a dark-money activist group for pushing false information about Medicaid reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to smear several Republican lawmakers.

A report by the Economic Policy Innovation Center sought to correct the record following a series of attack ads by the group Unrig Our Economy, a pass-through organization bankrolled by the George Soros-linked 1630 Fund. The fund is associated with the left-wing Arabella Advisors network.

The ads targeted GOP Reps. Mike Lawler of New York, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa, Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Juan Ciscomani of Arizona.

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The ads insinuated, without directly stating, that the subjects stand to lose their Medicaid benefits as a result of the Trump-backed OBBB reforms.

But EPIC’s report dismantled the claim, noting that, far from being cut, the Medicaid program was projected to grow over the next decade by nearly $200 billion, an increase of more than 30% of the current allocation.

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