There’s a need to improve transportation and healthcare for south central Wisconsin’s Latinx community, according to a new report from the Carbone Cancer Center and the Cancer Health Disparities Initiative at the University of Wisconsin.
Lawmakers have offered a revision to a bill allowing patients to bypass insurance policies requiring them to try cheaper drugs before moving on to more expensive ones. An association representing insurers said at a public hearing Wednesday they won’t oppose the plan due to the changes.
The state will move forward on holding drug companies accountable for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic depending on what they uncover in investigations, Attorney General Josh Kaul said Wednesday.
Expanding Medicaid could save more than $100 million a year in Wisconsin by cutting uncompensated care costs, according to a new report from University of Wisconsin researchers that disputes the findings of one of their colleagues.
The head of the Department of Health Services said Monday that she thinks Wisconsin’s Medicaid work requirements could survive a court challenge, despite a federal court moving last month to block other states’ work programs.
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