Dark Money Group Drives MAGA Blast at GOP Medicare Advantage Cuts

A network of right-wing social-media personalities has mounted an online campaign against Republican lawmakers who are seeking to trim government overpayments to Medicare Advantage, the private-insurer version of Medicare. The posts, which accuse reformers of threatening seniors’ benefits, began in early June after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) floated changes intended to rein in spending. Language appearing in many of the attacks matches wording published by Medicare Advantage Majority, a little-known political group that has since purchased ads on social platforms and television targeting Cassidy and other perceived defectors. The group’s efforts escalated as House Republicans, including Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), advanced similar cost-cutting proposals, prompting a fresh wave of nearly identical posts from so-called MAGA influencers. The coordinated pushback underscores the lobbying muscle behind Medicare Advantage, a $550 billion program that has become a profit center for private insurers. Lawmakers say the pressure campaign contributed to the removal of the proposed payment reforms from a broader tax-and-spending bill now moving through Congress.