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http://www.wiseye.org/mp4stream/EVT/EVT_170622_WISPOL_LUNCH.mp4 It took a new tunnel leading out of the state Capitol to solve one of the major issues contractors struggled with when renovating the 100-year-old building. For years, architect Laura Davis said, trucks idled on the entrance coming up
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, whose criticisms of the Senate GOP health care bill have drawn national attention, said the Congressional Budget Office score out today is one of the things he’ll weigh
Prior to the ACA, Wisconsin consumers could choose from over 20 individual insurance companies offering coverage in our state. These included for-profit and not-for-profit companies; HMO’s and PPOs; and local and national insurers. There were a variety of plan options to meet a range of coverage needs.
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the possibility looms that Wisconsin could lose billions of dollars over time for the very reason the GOP hated Obamacare in the first place.
Obamacare doesn’t work. It’s failing before our eyes. And as bad as it has been in Wisconsin, some other states have seen even higher price increases and more limited options.
A closer look at the public option
Smart politicians could find a safe harbor in programs that work — expand Medicare Advantage and let employers keep their plans if they so choose.
If the state Senate and governor embrace Vos and Kremer’s wrongheaded way of thinking, an ugly combination of intimidation and uncertainty will define the discourse on campuses where avid debate, and serious competition in the battle of ideas and ideals, should be the order of the day.
Knee-jerk reaction to school choice legislation.
Current school funding proposals add up to a future that is increasingly unequal.
When will Wisconsin choose a course correction that no longer encourages increasing milk production in a glutted market, or further expansions of CAFOs that require land-spreading of millions of gallons of liquid manure over known vulnerable land, or the drilling of ever-more high-capacity wells?
Given that Sensenbrenner won his first election to the state legislature before both Woodstock and Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, he has seen the Republican Party undergo numerous identity crises.
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http://www.wiseye.org/mp4stream/EVT/EVT_170622_WISPOL_LUNCH.mp4 It took a new tunnel leading out of the state Capitol to solve one of the major issues contractors struggled with when renovating the 100-year-old building. For years, architect Laura Davis said, trucks idled on the entrance coming up East Washington Avenue and carried the trash out of offices
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, whose criticisms of the Senate GOP health care bill have drawn national attention, said the Congressional Budget Office score out today is one of the things he’ll weigh as he considers whether to support it. Johnson, R-Oshkosh, is
Prior to the ACA, Wisconsin consumers could choose from over 20 individual insurance companies offering coverage in our state. These included for-profit and not-for-profit companies; HMO’s and PPOs; and local and national insurers. There were a variety of plan options to meet a range of coverage needs.
As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a Republican proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the possibility looms that Wisconsin could lose billions of dollars over time for the very reason the GOP hated Obamacare in the first place.
Obamacare doesn’t work. It’s failing before our eyes. And as bad as it has been in Wisconsin, some other states have seen even higher price increases and more limited options.
A closer look at the public option
Smart politicians could find a safe harbor in programs that work — expand Medicare Advantage and let employers keep their plans if they so choose.
If the state Senate and governor embrace Vos and Kremer’s wrongheaded way of thinking, an ugly combination of intimidation and uncertainty will define the discourse on campuses where avid debate, and serious competition in the battle of ideas and ideals, should be the order of the day.
Knee-jerk reaction to school choice legislation.
Current school funding proposals add up to a future that is increasingly unequal.
When will Wisconsin choose a course correction that no longer encourages increasing milk production in a glutted market, or further expansions of CAFOs that require land-spreading of millions of gallons of liquid manure over known vulnerable land, or the drilling of ever-more high-capacity wells?
Given that Sensenbrenner won his first election to the state legislature before both Woodstock and Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, he has seen the Republican Party undergo numerous identity crises.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – White house – State government – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Banking and investment – Courts – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Health care – Law and order – Management – Minnesota – Regulation –