From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is slamming Republicans for having “cut Medicaid to the bone” and failing to extend ACA premium tax credits.
Speaking today during an online press conference held by the left-leaning Opportunity Wisconsin, the Madison Dem blamed congressional Republicans for “the biggest cut to Medicaid in history” and said it should be reversed.
“Yes, their ‘big, ugly bill’ cut Medicaid to the bone, threatening to terminate care for some of our most vulnerable and to shut down hospitals in rural parts of our state,” she said. “And why? To pay for tax cuts to the top one-tenth of one percent, and our biggest and most profitable corporations.”
When asked by a reporter about efforts to roll back Medicaid cuts, Baldwin said there’s currently no bill to reverse them, but added “there is a will to do so” among Democrats in Congress.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, last year called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act a “step forward” for efforts to reduce federal spending, adding “there is still a long way to go.”
Meanwhile, Baldwin said Wisconsinites are facing health insurance premiums up to four times as expensive this year, blaming the increase on Republicans not extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
She pointed to one Milwaukee resident she heard from whose insurance is spiking from $370 per month to $1,150 per month. And Baldwin said small businesses owners are telling her their premiums will be so high they’ll have to shut down.
“I heard from families that are being forced to use 30%, 40%, even 50% of their monthly income on insurance, now that the credits have been taken away,” she said.
Wisconsin had a total of 291,336 individual market health insurance plan selections during the open enrollment period for 2026 coverage, according to federal figures released today. That’s down from last year’s total of 313,579.
Baldwin noted the decline, and said “many more will likely drop their insurance once they get the sticker shock of that first bill.”
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