Congressional Republicans’ plan will kick 228,000 Wisconsinites off their health care, including nearly 150,000 people on Medicaid
SUPERIOR, WI – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) made a tenth stop on her “Hands Off Medicaid” Tour, convening Wisconsinites whose health care coverage is in jeopardy under the Republicans’ plan to slash Medicaid to pay for corporate tax breaks. One analysis found nearly 230,000 Wisconsinites are at risk of losing their health care coverage in the plan that House Republicans voted to advance last week, including nearly 150,000 Wisconsinites on Medicaid.
“Donald Trump came into office promising to lower costs on day one. Instead, he’s kicking hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites off their health care and jacking up costs on working families,” said Senator Baldwin. “I’ve travelled across Wisconsin meeting with families who rely on Medicaid to make ends meet and keep themselves or their loved ones safe and well. Every single one of them had a clear message to Congressional Republicans: ‘Hands Off Our Health Care.’ Working families don’t want their care ripped away so the wealthiest Americans can get richer, and I’m fighting to stop this plan dead in its tracks.”
Senator Baldwin visits with Wisconsinites in Superior to discuss Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid
Senator Baldwin has hosted roundtables in La Crosse, Milwaukee, Wausau, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Racine, Waukesha, Superior, and twice in Madison to raise the alarms on Republicans’ plan to pass tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations by making deep cuts to programs that Wisconsinites rely on like Medicaid.
Last week, House Republicans advanced a plan that would give tax breaks to big corporations and the top one percent while cuts to Medicaid and the ACA would result in roughly 13.7 million people losing their health insurance by 2034. A new report shows that in Wisconsin, 228,659 people would lose their coverage, including 81,308 Wisconsinites who rely on Affordable Care Act tax breaks to afford their insurance and 147,351 Wisconsinites on Medicaid.
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