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Vukmir campaign: 3.4 million Wisconsinites to lose employer health insurance under BaldwinCare
Under Senator Baldwin’s plan for socialized, government-run health care nearly 3.4 million Wisconsinites would lose their current plans they get through their employers.
Read the bill Senator Baldwin co-sponsored that eliminates employer health care, Tricare for our veterans, Medicaid and Medicare as we know it.
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According to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, as of 2016 (most recent available), about 60 percent — or 3.4 million — Wisconsinites currently get their insurance through employers. They would all be transferred to new plans under government control under BaldwinCare.
So much for “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan”
