Opportunity Wisconsin joins Kenosha area seniors, health care workers, and advocates in holding Rep. Steil accountable
Thursday, May 4, 2023
KENOSHA, Wis. – Earlier today, Opportunity Wisconsin, For Our Future Wisconsin, and Protect Our Care Wisconsin, along with Kenosha-area seniors, health care workers, and community leaders, joined together to call on Congressman Bryan Steil to fight to lower costs for working families and stand up to corporations.
Participants highlighted Rep. Steil’s long record of voting against Wisconsin families. Just last week, Rep. Steil voted in favor of a dangerous plan that would give $6 billion in tax breaks to corporations, while reducing food assistance for seniors, cutting access to care for veterans, and threatening massive cuts to education and child care funding.
Rep. Steil also voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered insurance premiums and capped the cost of insulin at just $35 – a drastic shift for many seniors who were paying hundreds a month for this life-saving medication. This was the third time Steil voted against an insulin cap in the last two years, and he’s taken over $100,000 of campaign money from the pharmaceutical industry.
This event is part of a new campaign launched this week by Opportunity Wisconsin to tell Bryan Steil: lower costs for Wisconsin families and stand up to corporations.
In addition to today’s grassroots event, Opportunity Wisconsin began airing a TV and digital ad this week, as part of a seven-figure media buy in the state, that shows the impact of Rep. Steil’s votes against capping the cost of insulin. The ad, available online here, highlights Diana’s story about how she was forced to ration her insulin prescription due to the high cost of the drug prior to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh:
“Congressman Bryan Steil has consistently chosen the wealthy and big corporations over what’s best for Wisconsin families. By opposing the Inflation Reduction Act, he voted to keep drug prices high and reject a cap on the cost of insulin for seniors – the third time he voted against capping insulin costs in the past two years. Wisconsinites expect better from their representatives and they’re ready to make their voices heard. Opportunity Wisconsin is committed to holding Rep. Steil accountable and working with our grassroots coalitions in the 1st Congressional Districts to demand that he start fighting for working families.”
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