Following the tragic shooting in Arizona on Saturday, Majority Leader Eric Cantor postponed the House’s entire legislative agenda for the week, including the vote on repealing the health care reform law, which was planned for Wednesday, Politico reports. (POLITICO, 1/9)
Read MoreGovernor Scott Walker has appointed Dennis Smith, a Washington veteran, to lead his health agency. Other health related picks include: insurance industry veteran Ted Nickel as Commissioner of Insurance and Eloise Anderson for Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. (WHN, 1/7)
The Congressional Budget Office says that the Republican’s plan to repeal the federal health care reform law would add $230 billion to federal budget deficits over the next decade. The new House speaker, John Boehner, rejects that report, saying it was based largely on chicanery by Democrats. (NEW YORK TIMES, 1/7)
Read MoreDr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health care adviser in the Office of Management and Budget and brother of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has returned to his job at the National Institutes of Health. (KAISER HEALTH NEWS, 1/6)
Read MoreJason Helgerson, who oversaw the state's BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid programs, has been recruited by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to oversee that state's Medicaid program. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/6)
Click here for full release Contact: Mary Kay Grasmick, WHA, 608-274-1820, 575-751 MADISON (January 5, 2011) — Wisconsin health care and business leaders are joining forces to back a provision in Governor Scott Walker’s...
Read MoreThe state of Wisconsin will join 20 other states that have filed a court challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform law after receiving the clearance to enter the lawsuit from Gov. Scott Walker. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/6)
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