Tammy Baldwin: “I rise this evening once again to highlight the stories of Wisconsinites who would be impacted by cuts to Medicaid that…”

“I rise this evening once again to highlight the stories of Wisconsinites who would be impacted by cuts to Medicaid that my Republican colleagues are proposing. Earlier this evening, I talked about children, babies, our most vulnerable. Now I would like to talk about older adults. I rise to share the story of Renee. Renee is a 60-year-old woman. She lives in Milwaukee, WI. In October 2023, Renee was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. It had metastasized to her brain, her lungs, and her liver. She depended upon Medicaid for that diagnosis through a program that Congress created, and she also depends on Medicaid--or BadgerCare, as we call it in the State of Wisconsin--for her treatment. Without Medicaid, she said, ``[I] would be forced to ration or forgo cancer treatment--hastening my death--or send me and my husband into bankruptcy trying to keep me alive.'' In March, last month, I brought Renee to President Trump's State of the Union Address to show this President who his massive cuts to Medicaid will hurt. Medicaid provides health coverage to 7.2 million seniors nationwide. That is millions of Americans just like Renee who rely on Medicaid for the lifesaving treatment they need. I also heard from Linda. Linda lives in Viroqua, WI, where her husband and she run a dairy farm that they bought nearly 22 years ago.…”