excerpts…but if you are affected by this please click through and read the whole article!
First, individuals with incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty threshold in Wisconsin are eligible for federal subsidies to help offset the cost of health insurance. That works out […]
Does Governor Elect Tony Evers Have A Mandate?
Well…no I guess not. He didn’t even pull 50% of the vote much less crush incumbent Scott Walker. So when Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald say he lacks a mandate as the transition gets underway…they are correct.
BUT…the GOP lawmakers who retained control of the legislature after November 6, […]
More Reasons For Single Payer Health Insurance Plans:
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had health insurance? Without question? Without having to be employed? Without needing subsidies? Without their employers suffering?
A recent article talked about the new Association Health Plans (AHP) that allow small businesses to band together to contract for insurance for their employees. There is some controversy around these […]
To those of us outside the Republican Party it comes as no surprise that health care is at the top of the minds of the majority of Americans. So when the protection of preexisting conditions became a focal point of a number of statewide races at the midterms in Wisconsin, the GOP was unprepared for […]
Earlier this week the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reprinted an article in their Ideas Lab from Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Revnor. I have the hard copy but online I found it on the NPR site. The article wrangles with the notion of who is really protecting the Affordable Care Act’s clause to cover Americans […]
One of the main points of contention in the Wisconsin race for US Senate has been the opposing views of Democratic incumbent Senator Tammy Baldwin and GOP opponent state Senator Leah Vukmir on healthcare. And rightfully so, since healthcare seems to be one of the few topics of universal concern across the entire state. […]
Trump Regime Adamant On Enforcing The Law…Except
Isn’t it amazing how adamant the entire Trump Regime is in decrying how awful it is that they are separating families at the Mexican border but they have to enforce that awful “Democratic Law”?
Yet they decided that they can’t defend the challenge to the Affordable Care Act from the law suit filed by the […]
A Fearful Scott Walker Pivots Center On Healthcare
With the 2018 re-election campaign staring him in the face and the Democratic upset in Wisconsin’s 10th Senate District, Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker is pivoting to the center on healthcare. After demonizing the Affordable Care Act since its inception and his refusal to accept the Medicaid expansion that it provides, suddenly the […]
Debating the ACA Individual Mandate
Whether you support or have issue with the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate…I would hope you at least support stripping it out of the tax reform cut legislation currently before Congress. Now the mandate says that every individual must have health insurance either through their employer, the ACA exchanges or through a private plan (plus […]
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