Tag: Health
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...
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...
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...
Wisconsin ranks low in children’s health
BALTIMORE, MD- According to a report from the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, Wisconsin ranks 28th in the nation for children's health. 2017's edition...
Disability advocates fight to stop GOP Medicaid cuts
ATLANTA- Advocates for the disabled, like Evan Nodvin, of Atlanta, are fighting against potential cuts to Medicaid included in the American Health Care Act. Nodvin...