WISCONSIN – Tonight, every Republican lawmaker from Wisconsin in the House of Representatives voted for a budget resolution that includes slashing Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. This budget resolution opens the door for Republicans to achieve their goal of cutting up to $2 trillion from Medicaid, ripping away health care from tens of millions of Americans.
Medicaid is an essential pillar of our health care system with 72 million Americans currently covered through the program, including 1,409,000 Wisconsinites. The GOP plan to slash Medicaid would have a devastating impact on the most vulnerable Americans, including low-income seniors, children, veterans, people with serious disabilities, and people who take care of their children or elderly parents. Americans across party lines oppose cuts to Medicaid, and polling finds that a majority of Americans think the government should spend more on health care — not less. Protect Our Care is continuing its “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign to defend Medicaid from devastating cuts with ads in 10 key House districts.
In response Protect Our Care Wisconsin State Director Joe Zepecki issued the following statement:
“Wisconsin Republicans just voted to rip away health care from their own constituents just so they can give another tax break to billionaires and big corporations. No matter where they live or what political party they belong to, Americans of all backgrounds rely on Medicaid for critical health care coverage. Voters overwhelmingly oppose these cuts to Medicaid and every member who supports these cuts will pay the price. This fight is far from over.”
BACKGROUND:
By The Numbers:
The GOP is putting health care at risk for 1,409,000 or 24 percent of Wisconsinites, including:
- 148,000 seniors
- 498,000 children
- 399,100 non-elderly Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans
- 794,500 women
- 187,000 people with disabilities
