Day: October 1, 2013

Precursor: This is a piece I wrote back in August of 2009 after I had been a camp counselor for a week at a camp for children with bleeding disorders. I feel that it is relevant now, more than ever, as the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchange opened today,…

Absolutely no good can come of this for state employees… A proposal to shift state employee health benefits from a competitive HMO model to a self-insured program could be gathering momentum, with Gov. Scott Walker scheduled to discuss the matter with health plan executives Tuesday. A committee of the state’s…

To say there’s a serious heroin epidemic in the state of Wisconsin would be an understatement. It seems everyday I’m reading a new report about a heroin-related death in Wisconsin, and according to a recent survey of county coroners by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the number of heroin-related deaths…