David Benson

Senior State and Local Campaigns Manager @ACSCAN. @AugustanaSD alum. 2025 SD Masters Swimming champion. Tweets are my own.

[David Benson @davidwbenson]

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[David Benson @davidwbenson]

Every day that goes by without Congress passing a full-year spending bill is another day lost to expand cancer research to #ProtectCancerCures. @LeaderJohnThune and @SenatorRounds, please commit to protecting and increasing lifesaving cancer research funding.

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased the barn where 14-year-old Till was tortured and killed, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from TV producer Shonda Rimes. https://t.co/LuHXF6wVwt

[ACSNews @ACSNews]

Important reading! @AmericanCancer @rlsiegel25 talks to @BusinessInsider about the high financial cost of young adults getting #cancer. A cancer diagnosis could cost that person $250,000 over a lifetime! https://t.co/BczJhRWDlx

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Over the last 5 years, ACA marketplace insurance enrollment increased 157% in red states and 36% in blue states. It’s these Americans that are likely to lose their insurance if Republicans don’t do something about the expiring tax credits.

My @Morning_Joe Chart

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Medicaid Cuts
https://t.co/8vJ0IpuKk7

[American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network @ACSCAN]

Today is #OneDayOneMission—our 24-hour giving challenge to save lives from cancer through advocacy.

We all know someone whose life has been forever changed by cancer. Today is for them.

💪 Make your gift: https://t.co/ZVHgRrz5Y0

[South Dakota News Watch @SDNewsWatch]

Details are still to come on "Big Beautiful Bill's" impact on Medicaid, but early indications are that the law will cut federal aid to health care by $1 trillion over the next decade.

What that means for South Dakotans: https://t.co/Vv50wy30dD

[American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network @ACSCAN]

Right now, Congress has just months to act, or health insurance will get more expensive for millions of people. (1/2)

[American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network @ACSCAN]

Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that will kick nearly 12 million off health coverage—the majority of whom are on #Medicaid—and make it more difficult and expensive to obtain and keep health insurance.

The House will vote on the bill later this week. (1/2)

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: Stories about uninsured Americans were common before the Affordable Care Act passed. Now, in light of GOP-led health care changes, they will likely resurge, health policy experts say.

@renurayasam + Sam Whitehead report. ⤵️ https://t.co/CWU7fMx2Qj

[Lisa Lacasse @LLacasseACSCAN]

This morning’s @CBSSunday segment is a powerful reminder of what’s on the line when #cancerresearch funding is at stake. Top researchers are sounding the alarm. “This is the first time I’ve felt an existential crisis in our ability to make progress.”
https://t.co/sxP5y27m0M

[julie rovner @jrovner]

an excellent explanation of how eligible people still end up losing Medicaid coverage under work requirements, from @sangerkatz and @sarahkliff
https://t.co/1rc8UokkVs

[Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden]

Republicans are currently in the “how much should we cut from Medicaid” phase of debate with one side saying “a historic amount of cuts” and the other side saying “even more than that.”

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

It’s remarkable how much of the debate about Medicaid cuts is now about hospitals and a rural hospital fund to placate critics and appear to soften the blow, not the millions of people who will lose coverage or find it unaffordable. Some will lose SNAP benefits at the same time.

[Congressman Brendan Boyle @RepBrendanBoyle]

I don’t think the 16 million Americans who will lose their health care coverage will simply “get over it”.

[American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network @ACSCAN]

The cost of health care is hurting everyone. But instead of working to lower health care costs, Congress is moving a bill forward that will increase costs for everyone, even those with private insurance.

#ProtectMedicaid #ProtectAffordableCare (1/2)

[David Benson @davidwbenson]

The proposed cuts in the budget bill go well beyond Medicaid. This bill would raise health care costs for everyone, even those with private insurance. @LeaderJohnThune & @SenatorRounds, I'm urging you to vote NO. #ProtectAffordableCare #ProtectMedicaid

[American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network @ACSCAN]

Without #Medicaid, Josh would have faced financial ruin from his cancer diagnosis.

Senators are debating a bill that kicks nearly 11 million people off insurance. These cuts will be paid for on the backs of cancer patients like Josh. Urge them to vote NO: https://t.co/y8mSaMkid0

[David Benson @davidwbenson]

Sioux Falls Cliff Ave drivers, let me introduce you to the zipper merge. @CitySiouxFalls