Tag: health care
Sean Duffy lies about Obamacare exchanges
WI 7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT- Sean Duffy, Congressman from Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, went on record recently with a dubious claim about the Affordable Care Act's...
Union demonstrators rally against Paul Ryan
LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS- Protesters swarmed House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, holding a demonstration as Ryan spoke about tax reform. Ryan was speaking at a...
Democrats propose ‘BadgerCare for All’ bill
MADISON- On Wednesday Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill which would create a "public option" for all Wisconsinites. Insurance through this public option would be...
GOP health bills would lower taxes on the rich
WASHINGTON- A new report by Julie Appleby with National Public Radio details how tax policy would change under the Republican health proposals. Both proposals would seek...
Senate health plan could allow discrimination based on preexisting conditions
WASHINGTON- Considering that both the House's American Health Care Act and the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act contain a variety of measures which will...
Johnson wants to kill protections for patients with preexisting conditions
WASHINGTON- Senator Ron Johnson has been one of the few Republican senators who has publicly announced disapproval of the Senate's healthcare overhaul bill. At...
Republican health care bill to push costs onto schools
WAUWATOSA- Officials from Wisconsin's school districts, like Phil Ertl of Wauwatosa, are fearing for their students, and their budgets, now that details of both GOP...
Ron Johnson ‘not ready’ to support GOP health plan
WASHINGTON- Mitch McConnell may be regretting his decision to draft his health care proposal in secret. Senator Ron Johnson, responding to the fact that...
Senate health care bill includes massive cuts to Medicaid
WASHINGTON- The Republican-written Senate health care bill, which was drafted in secret and just recently unveiled, includes provisions which will essentially break Obamacare. The...