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Has Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos opposed the expansion of public medical benefits?

By Jacob Alabab-Moser
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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has actively opposed the expansion of public medical benefits within the state in recent years. 

In 2023 he was among the Republicans who excluded funding for BadgerCare Medicaid expansion from the biennial budget. In 2021 he rejected a plan that would expand health coverage in exchange for $1.6 billion in tax savings for the state. Earlier this year Vos supported a bill that would re-evaluate eligibility for the BadgerCare Plus program and disenroll those who are ineligible.

Over the past several years, Vos has repeatedly made public statements speaking against public healthcare expansion.

After Gov. Tony Evers signed the 2023 biennial budget, Vos said the state Medicaid program "should not be funding transgender surgeries and gender-affirming care" as it "takes money away from low-income families."

This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
Urban Milwaukee Evers, Vos argue over amended state budget
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vos says no to plan that would provide Wisconsin with $1.6 billion for health care
Bill Track 50 State Representative Robin Vos
Wisconsin Public Radio Assembly Speaker Robin Vos: Medicaid expansion will never happen, but medical marijuana might
Dryden Wire Speaker Robin Vos releases statement about biennial budget that Gov. Evers signed Into law
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