| On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped millions of Wisconsinites live longer, healthier lives by delivering quality, affordable health care to generations of Wisconsinites over the last 60 years.
As Wisconsinites continue to see the fallout of Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden’s vote to cut these two critical programs, today’s anniversary highlights how their cruelty has made health care the top domestic issue for Americans this year, according to Gallup.
Driving this anxiety among the public is the incredible damage caused by Steil and Van Orden’s Big, Ugly Bill. Their law is ripping away health care from Wisconsinites and raising medical costs on everyone – all to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
The impacts are real and Wisconsinites are hurting. Steil and Van Orden’s cruel and decisive vote to gut Medicaid is wreaking havoc on their lives:
It’s no wonder voters are already holding Steil and Van Orden accountable for their vote.
ADDITIONALLY: Steil and Van Orden’s Big, Ugly Law triggered nearly $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, resulting in likely cuts to funding for hospitals and doctors and higher premiums for seniors. To “celebrate” the anniversary of Medicare, the Trump administration also ended a prescription drug plan that will spike the cost of medicine for Medicare recipients.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden are so obsessed with dismantling Americans’ health care access, we now have less hospitals, less coverage, and it all costs more for the few who can afford it. Today’s Medicaid and Medicare anniversaries are reminding voters that Steil and Van Orden voted to make people’s lives worse. Their attack on Medicaid and Medicare is a defining issue for the midterms and it’s going to cost them in November.” |
