An amendment to a recently approved federal bill could provide funding to Wisconsin companies seeking to produce an isotope used in medical imaging.
While 400,000 people in Wisconsin were uninsured in 2016, more than half of that group was eligible for some sort of assistance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
President Donald Trump said Thursday in Wisconsin that “Obamacare is largely gone now,” pointing to a law that ended a tax on people without insurance.
BadgerCare Plus enrollment decreased slightly from April to May, according to recent state data.
As it announced raising $20 million last month, Propeller Health said it’s looking at expanding into therapeutic areas beyond respiratory medicine.
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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., wants to see more from the federal government on how it plans to fight fraud and waste in the Medicaid program.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called on the Trump administration this week to defend the Affordable Care Act and abandon its position that mandating insurance coverage of pre-existing conditions is unconstitutional.
The co-chairs of the Speaker’s Task Force on Foster Care are calling on lawmakers to study the link between drug use and increased placement of children in out-of-home care.
Three northern Wisconsin opioid treatment programs created and funded under a state law approved in 2014 treated 475 people last year, according to a recent report.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages Wednesday, overruling an appeals court decision that found the law unconstitutional.