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Scott Fitzgerald on Evers's OBBB Comments
One of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen is fact-checking Gov. Tony Evers on the changes included in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Congressman Scott Fitzgerald took to X on Friday to correct what he says are the governor's "misleading" spin on the coming changes to Medicaid and food stamps in the state.
“Governor Evers is trying to scare taxpayers with false claims about the One Big Beautiful Bill,” Fitzgerald wrote. “His claim that the One Big Beautiful Bill will ‘increase costs for Wisconsin taxpayers by over $284 million’ misrepresents reality.”
On Thursday, Evers painted a dire picture of what people on public benefits in Wisconsin can expect from the work requirements included in the Big, Beautiful Bill.
“I’ve been clear from the get-go that Republicans’ so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ is bad for Wisconsin—for the 270,000 people kicked off their healthcare coverage, and the tens of thousands of kids, seniors, and families who won’t be able to afford basic food necessities,” Evers said in a statement. And now, it’s also clear this bill is just as bad for Wisconsin taxpayers.”
Evers said the Big, Beautiful Bill will cost Wisconsin about $140 million a year. Most of that, the governor's office said, would come from increased administrative costs from enforcing work requirements on BadgerCare and FoodShare in the state.
“Governor Evers argues Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services can’t absorb the so-called ‘increased costs’ of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Translation: he’s upset that it forces blue-state governors to reduce wasteful spending instead of passing the bill to Wisconsin taxpayers,” Fitzgerald said. “Governor Evers conveniently ignores everything else the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for the American people. It delivers historic tax relief by boosting take-home pay, makes the Trump Tax Cuts permanent, eliminates taxes on tips and overtime, provides seniors eligible for Social Security tax relief, increases the child tax credit, and protects family farms from the death tax.”
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