Hi Friend, it's Ben.
Should we cut health care to fund tax giveaways to the rich?
Ask voters what they think about that idea, and they’re not shy: they hate it. Ask Republicans in Congress and Trump’s White House, and you find out it’s been their goal all along.
A poll of voters in battleground House districts found 68% opposed cutting Medicaid in order to pay for tax cuts. But the plan is barreling forward. If you’re one of those 68%—especially if you’re represented by Republicans in Congress—now is the time to get loud.
Take a look at what the GOP is proposing:
- One GOP idea is to charge poor people more for their health care.
- Another is to reduce federal support for Medicaid expansion—which would kick 5.5 million people off their coverage, per the Congressional Budget Office.
- Another Republican bright idea: make it harder to enroll in Medicaid. That would lead to 2.3 million people losing their benefits.
Why cut Medicaid? The GOP’s goal is to find $880 billion to help pay for a giant tax cut for the ultra-wealthy that is the Republican Party’s number one policy priority.
Let’s commit to ensuring that these extremists lose their MAGA majorities in 2026. We must begin organizing to win a blue trifecta in Wisconsin in the 2026 midterms, and WisDems is leading the charge. Will you chip in $25 now to help Democrats win? »
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We should be talking about expanding health coverage and bringing costs down, not slashing it and driving costs up.
All those ideas are in Governor Evers’ budget proposal—as they have been each year in office. Republicans, led by Robin Vos, have slashed these programs from the budget this year.
But once we win a trifecta in 2026, we can make Governor Evers’ proposal a reality in Wisconsin in 2027. When we flip the House in 2026, including newly blue seats from Wisconsin, we can make these GOP assaults on Medicaid a relic of history, not a daily nightmare.
And when we win a federal trifecta in 2028, we can move forward with the vision that every single Democratic presidency has worked to advance, step by (often painfully incremental) step.
We can do the work to ensure that every American has the health care that every human being deserves, as a right rather than a privilege, without costs that force working people to choose between medicine and food.
Winning a blue trifecta will take the kind of year-round grassroots organizing WisDems has been doing for years. Will you chip in $25 now to fuel our efforts? »
Once we win that trifecta, we’ll wonder how it took so long. But now, we must prevent the GOP’s demolition of millions of Americans’ coverage—and exact the greatest possible political price on those attempting a reverse Robin Hood theft from the poor to enrich the already rich.
Fighting a fight like this, win or lose, is the right thing to do. And it shows voters whose side we’re on—theirs. And who the GOP really works for. This is a battle line where the vast majority of the country is with us on one side, and MAGA is on the other.
Thanks so much.
Ben Wikler
Chair, WisDems
