Author: Sean Kirkby

Vos on Medicaid expansion: #never

May 10, 2019 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories |

Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is leaving little wiggle room for a compromise on Medicaid expansion.

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Assembly committee signs off on abortion bills

May 10, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories |

The Assembly Health Committee signed off on a series of abortion measures Thursday.

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JFC scraps Medicaid expansion

May 9, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories |

Republican lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to strip Medicaid expansion from the state’s budget.

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Nygren doesn’t see possible compromise on Medicaid expansion

May 9, 2019 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories |

The co-leader of the Joint Finance Committee said Thursday he doesn’t see a possibility for compromise on Medicaid expansion.

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Changing industry, similar mindset lead Marshfield Clinic, Gundersen to consider merging

May 8, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories |

A changing healthcare industry and a similar mindset when it comes to serving rural patients brought Gundersen Health System and Marshfield Clinic Health System to the table for potential merger talks, the organizations’ CEOs said Tuesday.

Senate health committee approves step therapy bill

May 8, 2019 | Insurance, Legislature, Top Stories |

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee signed off on a bill Tuesday that would allow patients to bypass insurance policies requiring them to try cheaper drugs before moving on to more expensive ones.

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Assembly moves fast on abortion bills

May 8, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories |

The Assembly Committee on Health plans to vote Thursday on abortion-related proposals that got a public hearing Tuesday. The full chamber could take up the measures as early as next week.

OCI: Expanding Medicaid cuts individual health plan rates

May 8, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories |

Expanding Medicaid led to a decrease in individual health plan rates in other states, according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.

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GOP weighs different ways of blocking Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

May 6, 2019 | Legislature, Top Stories |

Republicans legislators say they hope to smooth out the differences between two nearly identical proposals that aim to block Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program.

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Panel: More support needed for those with mental health needs in criminal justice system

May 6, 2019 | Top Stories |

More needs to be done to meet the mental healthcare needs of those entering and leaving the criminal justice system, panelists said last week in Milwaukee.