Democratic Volunteers Organize Across Wisconsin to #Fight4Medicaid

Republicans continue to ignore the will of the people and play politics with Wisconsinites’ health care despite overwhelming public support for Medicaid expansion

MADISON — Last week Democratic organizers and volunteers knocked on doors and made phone calls in targeted Senate and Assembly districts to pressure Republican legislators to expand Medicaid, a move that would extend affordable coverage to 82,000 Wisconsinites, save the state $324 million in the 2019-21 biennial budget, and free up $1.6 billion in federal funding.

From June 8 – 15 volunteers reached out to thousands of voters to encourage them to contact their legislators. Volunteers contacted voters identified as Democratic-leaning, independent, and Republian-leaning.

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee ripped Medicaid Expansion from Gov. Evers’ budget last month. An April poll from Marquette University Law School found that an astonishing 70% of Wisconsinites support expanding Medicaid. Republicans are set to bring their version of the budget to the Assembly and Senate floor next week.