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Home » Press Releases » U.S. Sen. Baldwin: NEW: Republicans’ planned Medicaid cuts will devastate fight against opioid epidemic, threatens treatment for 19,000 Wisconsinites
Nearly 20,000 Wisconsinites rely on Medicaid for their opioid addiction treatment WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) slammed Republicans’ planned cuts to Medicaid which will devastate our country’s fight against the opioid and fentanyl epidemic and jeopardize treatment for thousands of Wisconsinites. Roughly 1 million Americans, including nearly 20,000Wisconsinit...