Richards: State running out of time on exchange
There's bipartisan support for a state-run health insurance exchange, says Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee. He just can't get any Republicans to say so. (WHN, 9/28)
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Sep 28, 2012 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Sep 27, 2012 | Top Stories |
Milwaukee-based Promentis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has received a three-year, $1.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health to develop more effective drugs to treat schizophrenia. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/27)
Sep 26, 2012 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Senator Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, wants to see the minimum age for SeniorCare reduced from 65 to 62. He’s sent a letter to Governor Scott Walker asking for his help, and plans to introduce legislation next year. (WHN, 9/26)
Sep 26, 2012 | Top Stories |
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin defended her support of the Affordable Care Act in a speech to the Wisconsin Counties Association Monday and criticized opponent Tommy Thompson for his plans to repeal the law. Thompson, meanwhile, struck back at Baldwin's attacks, saying he was a proven reformer who has stayed true to Wisconsin and that Baldwin would simply pay lip service to reforming Washington, D.C. The two gave separate speeches at the second day of the convention in La Crosse. (WISPOLITICS, 9/26)
Sep 25, 2012 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
New premium and insurance crowd-out provisions implemented in July are expected to decrease enrollment in Badger Care Plus by 21,600 over the course of the next year, according to the Department of Health Services' budget request. That's a jump from the 17,000 enrollment impact predicted by DHS earlier this year when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed off on the program changes. (WHN, 9/25)
Sep 25, 2012 | Top Stories |
Medicare has helped provide financial security to tens of millions of Americans over 65 for nearly half a century. It also may be the greatest single threat to the federal budget in the coming decades. That has forced both presidential candidates to confront the long-term fiscal challenges facing a program previously considered politically untouchable. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/25)
Sep 24, 2012 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
The share of Wisconsinites without insurance fell slightly to 9 percent last year, from 9.4 percent in 2010. Wisconsin’s uninsurance rate remains the 7th lowest in the country, and well below the national average of 15.1 percent. (WHN, 9/24)
Sep 24, 2012 | Top Stories |
An increase in steam costs for downtown buildings proposed by the Citizens Utility Board would hurt efforts to stem losses at Aurora Sinai Medical Center and weigh into Northwestern Mutual’s decision on whether to move to Franklin. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/24)
Sep 24, 2012 | Top Stories |
The health care industry in the United States requires reform and President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is “a step in the right direction,” the top executive with GE Healthcare Systems told a Milwaukee audience. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/24)
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