Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Press Release

Wisconsin Republicans Fight To Raise Health Care Prices By Keeping The Government Shutdown

 

By - Oct 10th, 2025 07:00 am

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans in Congress, led by Wisconsin Representatives Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, and Bryan Steil, are forcing the government to stay shut down so that they can further gut health care and keep giving tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Under the Republican plans, Americans would be forced to pay more for health care, with reports estimating that premiums could more than double.

“This GOP shutdown is only happening because, while they found over a trillion dollars to give in handouts to billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, ensuring 24 million Americans’ health care costs don’t go up is not a priority” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Philip Shulman. “While Tom Tiffany and Derrick Van Orden continue to peddle lies and shift blame for the shutdown, Wisconsin families are left worrying about just how much their health care costs are going to skyrocket.”

What Wisconsin Republicans have said on the shutdown:

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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