We believe that:

• the Affordable Health Care Act should be completely repealed in favor of free market provider solutions.
• citizens should not be subject to government health care insurance mandates or face government-imposed penalties.
• government should not violate or interfere with the doctor-patient relationship.
• federally mandated single-payer medical insurance, including Medicare for All, would be unaffordable and unsustainable without severe limitations put on provider fees, type of care, special tests, medications, and technology availability.
• equality of care will be sacrificed for rationing of care by age and condition, leading to increased suffering and lowered mortality.

We support:

• free market solutions of transparency, charity, portability, competition among insurers, and tort reform.
• proposals to reduce the rising costs of health care and the burdens they create for individuals, families, and employers.
• equalizing the cost of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. with that of other countries.
• providing U.S. veterans with the option to choose their health care providers outside of those working for the Veterans Administration.

WisGOP Platform Context

Source: Republican Party of Wisconsin Platform, Approved by the RPW Convention – 5/18/2024.

The current Wisconsin GOP platform specifically defends medical freedom and an individual's right to make health decisions without coercion. It also points toward decentralization and free-market solutions in health care.

For Pierce County families and seniors, this issue should stay focused on access, affordability, patient choice, rural care, transparency, and policies that respect the relationship between patients, families, and health professionals instead of making government the center of every decision.