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 milliona year because of the Republicans’ budget bill. Senator Baldwinvoted againstthe bill, which will terminate health care for over270,000Wisconsinites, increase costs for working families, andjeopardize the ability ofhospitals 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, including270,000Wisconsinites.One-fifthof total spending on hospital care comes from Medicaid, andone in threeWisconsin hospitals was operating at a loss. Over300 rural hospitalsacross 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 reporthere.
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