Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday released new estimates saying President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the "Big Beautiful Bill ," will increase costs for Wisconsin taxpayers by over $284 million in future budgets—$142 million annually— while forcing more than 270,000 Wisconsinites to lose their health insurance and tens of thousands of Wisconsinites to lose access to basic food necessities.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) last month released an initial analysis of Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill," indicating the measure would have devastating impacts on access to basic health care and food services that Wisconsin seniors, families and children depend on every day. The Evers administration released a final analysis Thursday that included new estimates of the bill'