JoAnna Mendoza
Her campaign says she will work to reverse the health-care cuts in the 2025 reconciliation law, including to AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid, and to the enhanced ACA subsidies, and to let Medicare negotiate more drug prices.
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Issue record
Health care
In short
Mendoza's campaign would reverse 2025 cuts to Medicaid and ACA subsidies and let Medicare negotiate more drug prices. Ciscomani's campaign cites rural health care and record cancer research funding. No campaign site or position was found for Peters; Swing's campaign backs Medicare for All. Ciscomani voted for a 2026 law raising National Cancer Institute funding, not counting inflation, and the law behind Arizona's $167 million first-year rural health award, which does not show better care.
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Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Juan Ciscomani
His campaign says he has focused on health care in rural communities, targeted medical research and record cancer research funding, and on rooting out waste and fraud.
Jereme Lance Peters
His position is not established: no campaign site, social account or questionnaire of his was found. His FEC committee lists no website, and the Arizona Libertarian Party's candidate page came back empty.
Gary Swing
His campaign calls for Medicare for All and for federal law securing abortion rights.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
campaign position
Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
A letter and office account document his opposition, but the rejected proposal, withheld-vote sequence and effect on Arizona beneficiaries remain unverified.
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In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani said he opposed a proposed Medicaid expansion matching-rate cut, held his vote until it was removed and then supported the bill. He said the proposal would have taken the expansion population off Arizona’s books and described Arizona as having expanded more aggressively than any other state. Ciscomani signed the April 14, 2025 joint letter opposing reductions in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations. His May newsletter specifically reports pushing against changes to federal matching rates, per-capita caps and provider taxes during House negotiations. The Clerk records his Yea on House passage of H.R. 1 in May and Aye on final House concurrence in July. The resulting law changes other Medicaid financing rules, including emergency-care matching and a separate expansion incentive in sections 71110 and 71114. Why there is no verdict: The public record supports opposition and eventual support for H.R. 1. It does not establish the exact withheld-vote sequence, the rejected proposal’s full Arizona consequence or the comparative expansion claim. Limit: Public advocacy and his eventual votes are documented. The exact rejected proposal, its withdrawal sequence, a withheld vote and private White House discussions are not independently reconstructed. The hypothetical end of expansion eligibility depends on that unidentified proposal and the defined group covered by Arizona’s statutory trigger; it is not established for every beneficiary. The more-aggressive-than-every-state comparison remains unverified. Opposition to one proposed cut does not show that every matching-rate or Medicaid-financing change was removed.
official action
Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
He backed $7.35 billion for NCI in 2026, a nominal high in its table back to 1976, $32 million above 2023 with Moonshot funds. Largest-ever cancer investment is not shown.
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His campaign says he supported the largest investment in cancer research in American history. He voted Yea on passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 45, 341 to 88) and on agreeing to the Senate's changes on February 3 (Roll Call 53, 217 to 214); it became Public Law 119-75. It gives the National Cancer Institute $7,352,159,000. The 2024 spending law gave it $7,224,159,000 and the 2023 law $7,104,159,000. The institute's own budget table, which goes back to 1976, shows fiscal 2026 as its largest year. The next largest is fiscal 2023, $7,320,159,000 once $216,000,000 of Cancer Moonshot money is counted. Limit: NCI's table covers one institute, is not adjusted for inflation, and puts 2026 $32 million above 2023, so "largest in American history" is not shown. How much of NIH's Cures Act money reached cancer research after 2023 is not settled, and his vote was on the whole spending law, not this line.
official action
Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
CMS awarded Arizona about $167 million for FY2026 under the program created by the law he voted for; the award does not establish local spending or improved care.
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In the September 10 Clean Elections debate, Ciscomani said the 2025 reconciliation law brought $167 million for rural health care. Ciscomani voted Aye on July 3, 2025, to agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 (Roll Call 190); the House agreed, 218 to 214. The bill became Public Law 119-21 on July 4. Section 71401 created the Rural Health Transformation Program with $10 billion for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030. On December 29, 2025, CMS announced Arizona’s FY2026 award of $166,988,956. The actual notice to Arizona’s Medicaid agency records $166,988,955.92, which rounds to $167 million. Its February 24, 2026 budget revision retains that amount. Limit: The $167 million is Arizona’s first-year federal award, not the national program’s total or money already spent by local providers. CMS awarded it after reviewing the state’s plan; his recorded action is a vote for the whole law. This award alone does not establish the law’s net effect on Medicaid or other health funding, or demonstrate improved care. The February revision records $0 in newly obligated funds; it is not a second $167 million award or a promise of the same Arizona amount each year.
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Sources20 source records
- Strengthening our Healthcare Systemhttps://www.joannamendoza.com/issues/healthcare/
Mendoza for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign issue page.
candidate statement
For: JoAnna Mendoza: campaign position
- Resultshttps://juanciscomani.com/results
Juan Ciscomani for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The campaign's list of what it says he has done: veterans, taxes, community projects, Fort Huachuca, health care and cancer research. Every card on his column starts from this page or the home page.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- PETERS, JEREME LANCE, candidate overviewhttps://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6AZ06214/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Libertarian candidate for this seat, Tucson. His committee, JEREME LANCE PETERS FOR CONGRESS (C00946525), lists no website and names him as treasurer.
fec filing
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
- Candidateshttps://azlp.org/candidates
Arizona Libertarian Party · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Searched for a statement from him. The page redirects to a candidate directory that returned an empty page on October 1, 2026.
endorsement
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
- Gary Swing for Progresshttps://theswingvote.wixsite.com/unity
Gary Swing · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His campaign site, headed 'Green Party of Arizona, 6th Congressional District', with his campaign message. It carries no paid-for line (he has no committee). Its social bar links one account, the Facebook page RunFromCongress.
candidate statement
For: Gary Swing: campaign position
- AZ-06 Clean Elections debate: fmap held votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=1065s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 17:45.130 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- April 2025 joint House letter on Medicaid coverage (document)
Offices of the signing U.S. Representatives · Published Apr 14, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Signed joint advocacy letter includes Ciscomani. It documents a stated condition on support, not the full private negotiation sequence.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Ciscomani May 2025 negotiation accounthttps://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?c=AZ06JC&id=104280
Office of Representative Juan Ciscomani · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
His office reports opposing per-capita caps, provider-tax cuts and FMAP changes in the House negotiation. It is an attributed negotiating account, not proof those changes were all absent from the final law.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On passage; 215 to 214, one Present.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
- Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; 218 to 214.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- H.R. 1, 119th Congress, Public Law 119-21https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text. Used for sections 70103 (the $6,000 deduction for people 65 and older), 70201 (tips), 70202 (overtime) and 90002 (Customs and Border Protection personnel). A search of the full text finds no change to how Social Security benefits are taxed.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- Roll Call 45, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202645
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of January 22, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On passage; 341 to 88.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- Roll Call 53, H.R. 7148, on concurring in the Senate amendmentshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of February 3, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On the motion to concur in the Senate amendments; 217 to 214.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 7148, Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ75
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Enacted text, approved February 3, 2026. Division B is the Labor, Health and Human Services act; used for the National Cancer Institute line.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 2882, Public Law 118-47https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ47
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Enacted text, approved March 23, 2024. Used for its National Cancer Institute line and for the Udall Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2024 it carries.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 2617, Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ328
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Used only for the fiscal 2023 National Cancer Institute line, before he took office.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- NCI Professional Judgment Budget, President's Budget and Appropriationshttps://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/budget/fact-book/historical-trends/bypass-appropriations
National Cancer Institute · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The institute's enacted budgets for fiscal 1976 to 2026. Its fiscal 2023 total includes $216,000,000 of Cancer Moonshot funding.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
- Clean Elections debate: Arizona rural health fundinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxRgt6zIqo&t=967s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
16:07-16:26, including the $167 million assertion at 16:12. Paraphrase from native captions, with the funding claim kept separate from opponent allegations.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- CMS: FY2026 Rural Health Transformation awardshttps://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-announces-50-billion-awards-strengthen-rural-health-all-50-states
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Dec 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
The FY26 state award table gives Arizona $166,988,956. CMS ties the program to Public Law 119-21, distinguishes first-year awards from five-year funding, and explains state-plan review and allocation. Award notice separately verifies cents and recipient.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
- Arizona rural health award: February 24 budget revision (document)
CMS, published by Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System · Published Feb 24, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
Award RHTCMS332059-01-01, FAIN RHTCMS332059. Page 1 identifies AHCCCS, Section 71401 statutory authority, $166,988,955.92 for budget period December 29, 2025 through October 30, 2026, and performance through October 30, 2030. Page 3 lifts a contractual restriction while retaining reporting duties. The revision obligates $0 in new money; it preserves the existing award, rather than adding a second award.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated record claim
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