Steil has previously voted against the Inflation Reduction Act and other measures to lower health care costs for Wisconsin families and seniors
Monday, December 18, 2023
KENOSHA, Wis. – As families completed last-minute shopping and celebrated the holiday season over the weekend, a grinch-themed mobile billboard from Opportunity Wisconsin highlighted Congressman Bryan Steil’s opposition to capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare, which was part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Opportunity Wisconsin’s mobile billboard highlighted Rep. Steil’s votes to keep prescription drug costs high at events across Kenosha over the weekend.
“Congressman Steil has a long record of voting against capping prescription drug costs, but as we know, it’s even possible for a grinch to have a change of heart,” said Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh. “This holiday season, we hope Congressman Steil will finally listen to the chorus of working families and seniors in his district who support lowering health care and prescription drug costs. Instead of being a grinch and threatening to steal back the progress we’ve made under the Inflation Reduction Act, including a cap on insulin costs and out-of-pocket prescription expenses, we hope he’ll start fighting to protect seniors and help them keep more money in their pockets.”
Steil previously voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduced health care and prescription drug costs for millions of Americans. The legislation included a cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses for Medicare recipients, gave Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices, and established a $35 monthly cap on insulin prices for seniors.
In fact, Rep. Steil’s vote against the Inflation Reduction Act was only the latest example of his support for keeping insulin prices high. In addition to opposing the Inflation Reduction Act, Rep. Steil previously voted against the Affordable Insulin Now Act, a bill designed to cap the cost of insulin at $35.
While repeatedly voting against a cap on insulin, Steil received more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.
With legislation, including H.R. 812, introduced in the House of Representatives, Republicans have continued to advocate for a repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act, which would raise costs for millions of Americans.
The mobile billboard greeted Steil’s constituents at holiday events and shopping areas in Kenosha over the weekend.
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