Hey there, folks! Governor Tony Evers here.
For the past year and a half, President Trump and Republicans in Congress have run roughshod over our economy, enacting disastrous foreign and economic policies that have caused costs to go through the roof.
Gas, groceries, school supplies—you name it, you’re paying more for it, and that includes healthcare, too.
Since the start of President Trump’s second term, Wisconsinites, like small business owners, farmers, and seniors, who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act are paying over $3,500 more for coverage.
That number is only expected to go up, and folks, we’re seeing the results.
After record-breaking years of enrollment in the ACA, Wisconsin saw a 16 percent drop in folks enrolled, and we weren’t the only ones.
Every state but one saw a drop in ACA enrollment this year after Republicans in Congress failed to extend the tax credits that made healthcare coverage more affordable for millions of Americans to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
Here in Wisconsin, that’s about 45,000 Wisconsinites who have been priced out and kicked off their health insurance thanks to President Trump and Republicans in Congress, including every Republican member from Wisconsin.
Since Day One, we’ve been working to ensure Wisconsinites can easily access quality, affordable healthcare, but that progress has been sent backwards by Republicans in D.C., who continue to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires instead of addressing the needs of working families and folks.
Wisconsinites cannot afford to have more reckless policy decisions made by President Trump and Congressional Republicans that further jeopardize folks’ ability to put food on the table or access the essential care they need. Period.
Here in Wisconsin, we’re going to keep working to do everything we can to make healthcare more affordable and accessible, not more expensive or harder to find. Thank you.
