Main Street Alliance, Opportunity Wisconsin, and Protect Our Care unite to hold Republican controlled Congress accountable for forcing Wisconsinites to pay more for healthcare
MADISON – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan was joined by two of his constituents at Cadre Restaurant in Madison to call on the Republican controlled Congress to put an end to their health care crisis and pass a budget that puts hardworking families over billionaires.
Since January of this year, Republicans and Donald Trump have launched an unrelenting assault on the nation’s health care system, and they are now holding the government hostage instead of taking common sense, popular action to lower healthcare costs.
The GOP is gutting tax credits for millions of hardworking families, ripping away critical funding from rural hospitals, and throwing the entire health care system into chaos – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Their policies worsen care and drive up costs for everyone. Republicans are so intent on hiking costs on middle-class families that they have proven unwilling to end the longest federal government shutdown in United States history.
If Republicans succeed in ripping away the tax credits, premiums will more than double for millions who buy insurance on their own, while over four million Americans will lose their health insurance entirely.
“This week, millions of Americans got the news that their 2026 healthcare premiums are going to skyrocket,” said Congressman Mark Pocan. “Last night, voters across the country overwhelmingly rejected Republican policies that gut healthcare. It’s time for House Republicans to get out of their basements, come back to DC, and work with Democrats to lower healthcare costs for all Americans.”
“The loss of the extended subsidies in the ACA will disproportionately affect families that have come to depend on them to maintain a base standard of living,” said Chef Evan Dannells, owner of Cadre Restaurant in Madison. “The lack of this money will not only affect health care access and quality but will also snowball into food access issues that will leave many hungry. This is a huge issue for small businesses because people will leave Main Street for large corporate jobs that provide healthcare a much lower rate.”
“Loss of healthcare subsidies is going to largely affect low- and middle-income adults especially in non-expansion states like Wisconsin,” said Dr. Wendy Molaska, owner of Dedicated Family Care in Fitchburg. “This would reduce access to care, increase cost-related delays, and worsen health outcomes, especially for chronic conditions and preventative services. Providers would face more uncompensated care and market instability could rise, particularly in rural and safety-net settings.”
You can and learn more about the Trump-GOP Health Care Disaster here.
