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Two progressive groups are teaming up for a six-figure radio ad buy targeting Republican Sens. Jeff FlakeJeff FlakeSenate should seek to retain its 'blue slip' tradition for judicial nominees Progressives target Heller and Flake on Senate GOP bill The Hill's Whip List: Senate ObamaCare repeal bill MORE (Ariz.) and Dean HellerDean HellerTrump called Cruz to press him on ObamaCare repeal bill: report Biden rips Senate GOP healthcare bill, says it 'isn't about healthcare' Pro-Trump group launches seven-figure ad buy against GOP senator opposing repeal bill MORE (Nev.), using veterans from their home states to warn against siding with the Senate GOPs healthcare reform plan.

Stand Up America and VoteVets.org are behind the buy, first reported by The Hill, which warns that the GOP's planned cuts to Medicaid could weigh heavy on veterans.

Nearly 2 million veterans rely on Medicaid for our health care. But if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, Medicaid will be slashed making it harder for veterans across Arizona to get healthcare, veterans say in the radio ads.

Thats outrageous and its wrong. You cant repeal the Affordable Care Act and call yourself pro-veteran.

Stand Up America has also made smaller digital buys in Ohio, Maine, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania, home to senators that Democrats believe could be convinced to vote against the bill, calling on residents to call their senators and demand that they vote against the plan.

The Senate plan, releasedThursdayafter weeks of secrecy, repeals controversial pieces of ObamaCare such as its insurance mandate, instead providing tax credits to help defray the cost of insurance premiums.

It also includes deep Medicaid cuts, rolling back the Medicaid expansion that provides coverage for about 11 million people and eventually making changes to Medicaid that slows the growth of payment caps.

The bill will only need a majority of senators to pass, giving the Republicans room for two defections thanks to Vice President Pences tie-breaking vote.

Four senators have already come out against the plan as is, although theyve suggested they could be convinced if changes are adopted, leaving Democrats scrambling to pressure enough senators to sink the bill.

Heller and Flake are in a particular bind thanks to their vulnerable positions heading into their reelection races they are the only two Republican senators that Democrats have a real shot at ousting.

And Heller has received no air cover from key Republicans in his state, specifically Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has emerged as a vocal critic of the plans Medicaid cuts.

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