Month: November 2012

Gov. Scott Walker faced pressure Tuesday from both liberal Democrats and tea-party Republicans on a decision due this week over whether Wisconsin will establish its own state-run health insurance exchange or cede control to the federal government. (AP, 11/14)

In his first post-Election Day television interview, former GOP vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan said Monday that he doesn’t believe that the 2012 White House campaign was a referendum on his plan to cut the federal budget and overhaul entitlement programs such as Medicare. “I don’t think we lost it on those budget issues, especially on Medicare,” Ryan told Jessica Arp, a reporter for Madison CBS affiliate WISC-TV, when asked whether the race was a referendum on his budget blueprint. (WASHINGTON POST, 11/13)

As a Friday deadline nears, a group of strange bed fellows – ranging from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce to liberal advocates – are lined up in support of a state-run exchange. So far, Governor Scott Walker is remaining mum. (AP, 11/13)

Dr. Hari Trivedi — who made a splash in metro Milwaukee with commercials for his gubernatorial bid during this year’s Super Bowl telecast — is preparing a new business he believes will impact health care costs. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/9)

President Barack Obama's re-election is forcing the hand of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who had stopped all efforts to implement the federal health care reform law in the hopes that Republicans would take over in Washington. (AP, 11/8)

Barack Obama's re-election win poses a political conundrum for Gov. Scott Walker over how to handle the president's signature health-care law. The victory for the president and the return of the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate means Obamacare will remain the law of the country. But Walker decided late last year to stop planning to implement the health-care law in Wisconsin, preferring instead to hold out for an Obama defeat and a repeal of the law. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 11/7)