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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Cuts to BadgerCare, child support enforcement and W-2 will harm women and girls

 Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-2015 state budget doesn’t include the drastic funding cuts and collective bargaining changes he imposed in his previous budget. But its mixed bag of income tax cuts, Medicaid
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Low-income vets won’t be eligible for BadgerCare

An estimated 1,200 low-income and uninsured military veterans won’t be eligible for BadgerCare coverage, thanks to Gov. Scott Walker’s refusal to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

Plus: Hero of the Week

 You just can’t please some people. Gov. Scott Walker is playing a high-stakes game of chicken—a game that could seriously affect the state’s citizens and health care industry—by stalling on implementing the federal Affordable Care Act’s requirement that states
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012

Kenosha businessman takes on tea party favorite in Wisconsin's First Congressional District

Republican Congressman Paul Ryan has become a household name since his selection as Mitt...
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

Plus Heroes and Jerks of the Week

The highly respected Families USA has performed a state-by-state study of health insurance costs over the past 10 years. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization found that, in Wisconsin, the average annual premium for a family health insurance plan has risen more than 4.5 times faster...
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

A brief catalog of Bush administration failures

I don’t know what his beef is,” President George W. Bush told a reporter after an Iraqi journalist hurled a shoe at him and yelled “This is your farewell kiss, you dog!” during a press conference in Baghdad. Although Bush may be clueless about why Muntadar al-Zaidi reacted so strongly, the president could take a trip...
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008

His health care plan would penalize women

Presidential candidate John McCain’s health care reform plan would have a devastating impact on women, according to a new analysis. “Tens of millions of women would be at risk of losing their current insurance coverage even though they use health care services more frequently than men, suffer chronic illness...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Insurers can deny coverage and hurt consumers

“WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAT PROTECT US FROM DISCRIMINATION— UNTIL YOU GET SICK,” KAGAN SAID. “IF YOU GET SICK, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST YOU BASED ON A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.”

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