REPORT: Wisconsin Hospitals Will Lose $264 Million Annually Under Republicans’ Budget Bill
Baldwin voted against bill that will kick over 270,000 Wisconsinites off their healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report was released projecting that hospitals in Wisconsin will lose $264.6 million a year because of the Republicans’ budget bill. Senator Baldwin voted against the bill, which will terminate health care for over 270,000 Wisconsinites, increase costs for working families, and jeopardize the ability of hospitals and clinics to remain open.
“At a time when Wisconsin families are asking us to bring down the skyrocketing costs of health care and prescription drugs, Republicans pushed through a bill that has devastating consequences to Wisconsin’s working families and hospitals,” said Senator Baldwin. “While the top 0.1% get their tax cuts, Republicans’ bill will shutter hospitals, increase drive and wait times for everyone, and put a tremendous strain on our already overworked doctors and nurses.”
The Republicans’ bill, which every Congressional Republican from Wisconsin supported, is projected to terminate health care for 17 million Americans, including 270,000 Wisconsinites. One-fifth of total spending on hospital care comes from Medicaid, and one in three Wisconsin hospitals was operating at a loss. Over 300 rural hospitals across the country are at disproportionate risk of closure, conversion, or service reductions due to health care cuts in the bill, including 3 in Wisconsin.
Read the full report here.
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