I will fight relentlessly to safeguard Medicaid for everyone.

Shontel M. Brown · Ohio · Democratic

policy impact 0.82 specificity 0.80 extraction confidence 96%

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Occurrences

As a leader in the Democratic Womens Caucus, and a Member of the Pro-Choice Caucus and the Black Maternal Health Caucus, I will fight relentlessly to safeguard Medicaid for everyone.

Brown promises to defend Medicaid broadly.

Health | Representative Shontel Brown
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We should extend Medicaid coverage ... from 60 days to one year for new moms.

Supports extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to one year.

Priorities – Shontel Brown For Congress
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Evidence

The Medicaid section states: "As a leader in the Democratic Women’s Caucus ... I will fight relentlessly to safeguard Medicaid for everyone."

Official issue page records Brown's public commitment to protect Medicaid broadly.

unresolved unknown

Health | Representative Shontel Brown
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 97%

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Brown led a letter opposing Ohio's proposed Medicaid work requirements, warning they could cause hundreds of thousands of Ohioans to lose coverage.

Brown took concrete action against a policy that would reduce Medicaid coverage in Ohio.

partial same_term A for effort

Brown Leads Colleagues in Urging Governor DeWine to Reconsider Medicaid Work Requirements
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

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Brown said she voted against H.R. 1 because it included "drastic cuts to Medicaid" and other benefits.

Brown opposed a federal bill she said would cut Medicaid, showing active resistance to Medicaid reductions but not enacted protection.

partial same_term A for effort

Congresswoman Brown Statement on Republican Reconciliation Bill
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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The official roll call for H.R. 1 lists Rep. Brown (OH) as "No" on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Brown voted against the reconciliation bill that House Democrats said contained Medicaid cuts, but the vote itself does not show delivery of the promise.

partial same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 190
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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Brown is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R. 2590, a bill to support collaborative treatment of mental and physical health comorbidities under Medicare and Medicaid; Congress.gov shows the bill was introduced and referred to committee.

Brown co-sponsored Medicaid-related legislation, but it was only introduced and referred, not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.2590 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2025
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Assessments

delivered same_term

Brown promised to fight to safeguard Medicaid, which is an effort-oriented commitment rather than a specific enacted-policy outcome. The evidence shows multiple same-term actions consistent with that pledge: voting against H.R. 1 over Medicaid cuts, publicly opposing those cuts, leading a letter against Ohio Medicaid work requirements, and cosponsoring Medicaid-related legislation. These actions satisfy the promised conduct even though they do not prove a comprehensive enacted Medicaid protection for everyone.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%