A wheelchair ride across Wisconsin calls attention to Medicaid cuts

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 834

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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After a 125-mile trip on his powered wheelchair, Carl Schulze rolled up just before noon Thursday to the Wisconsin Capitol.

The resident of Fox Crossing, near Neenah, made the journey to make a point: How Medicaid has helped him and thousands of other Wisconsin residents with disabilities — and how that help is being threatened in Washington, D.C.

A fall from a porch 19 years ago broke Schulze’s neck. He survived, but the accident left …

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