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This week, we’re focusing on the impacts of FoodShare benefits running out as a result of the Republican-led government shutdown, and ACA premium price hikes Wisconsinites are facing as the open enrollment period starts.

Below, you’ll find key talking points on these issues, how they hurt Wisconsin families, and how Republicans are continuing to attack health care.

TOP MESSAGE: Due to the Republican-led government shutdown, Wisconsin families can no longer rely on FoodShare programs to support their families. This comes after Republicans delivered the largest SNAP cut in history this past summer.

• Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites rely on FoodShare programs.  By not opening up the government, Republicans are taking away food security for 700,000 Wisconsinites — furthering attacks they made on SNAP in July.

• Republicans’ shutdown is putting Wisconsin families and kids at risk. 60% of FoodShare beneficiaries in Wisconsin are families with children. This means that due to the government shutdown, kids will go hungry. 

• Democrats are standing up for working families, not political games. Democrats have put forward plans to fund FoodShare programs, extend health care subsidies, and reopen the government. Republicans are holding those programs hostage to protect cuts to Medicaid and giveaways for billionaires, leaving Wisconsin families to pay the price.

TOP MESSAGE:  ACA enrollment is now open, which means  over 277,000  Wisconsinites will see their healthcare costs go up as a result of Republicans’ attacks on health care.

• Republicans already jeopardized health care for 276,175 Wisconsinites when they passed the Big Ugly Bill in July. Now, these new premium hikes will only make it harder for working families to get the care they need.

• Republicans like Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, and Bryan Steil are doing everything they can to avoid talking about the premium increases.

  • Rather than addressing the affordability crisis their actions created, they’re peddling baseless claims of “fraud” to distract from the damage they’ve done.