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Site-neutral payment reform … ensures that patients pay the same price for the same service, regardless of whether it’s delivered at a doctor’s office or a hospital-owned facility. This would lower costs for patients, slow hospital consolidation, and preserve competition and choice in our health care system.
Now is the time to urge our congressional leaders to enact PBM reforms this year before time runs out.
We urge the Common Council to confirm its labor negotiator when they meet Tuesday so that the MPA – together with the city of Milwaukee – can address the crisis in recruitment and retention of our police officers, detectives and forensic investigators.
A revolt against Democrat misrule
Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy at the start of December began a two-year term as national president of Democratic Municipal Officials network, the group that represents the tens of thousands of Democrats who serve nationwide as city, village, town and school district officials.
The WisOpinion Insiders share the legacy of former Justice David Prosser, who served as GOP speaker of the state Assembly before his 18-year career on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Prosser died Dec. 1 at 81. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Instead of playing a shell game with school funding and pointing fingers as local taxpayers continue to shoulder more and more of the cost, Wisconsin should use a portion of the state’s massive budget surplus to adequately fund schools.
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A return to the pre-Act 10 days of union hubris would be devastating to the state of Wisconsin.
The nation’s high court has sidestepped a crucial discussion about transgender ideology by refusing to hear a challenge to the gender transition policies of the Eau Claire Area School District.
Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO raises questions about how universities radicalize students
We are asking Wisconsin state officials to implement changes to relevant standing orders for all FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents now and in the future so we can more adequately address the evolving opioid crisis and prevent deaths in the future.
It says a great deal about the mindset of a larger segment of our nation that the person who called 911 from an eatery is not hailed as a hero on a billboard while shirtless images of the killer are joked about as perfect for grating cheese over an Italian meal.
I think if my son were being left to the whims of an administration whose leader ought to be the one in jail, I’d pardon him, too.
New ruling striking down law is based on argument Republicans have trouble answering.
It’s time to put Wisconsinites first. We don’t need dismissive rhetoric from our governor.
We can go into exile for four years and watch as our new president destroys our country. Or we can use our superpowers to work together from the bottom up to begin fixing our broken world. It’s up to us.
Wisconsin state government, much like the federal government, is in need of change and modernization.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI data for the month of November and found that price inflation increased at a faster rate than in October. Predictably, market pundits, officials and state-owned economists are reporting that these figures are “in line with expectations.”
For the 29th time, UN member countries held a Conference of the Parties to draft policies to address problems associated with global warming, and for the 28th time, little progress was made.
Site-neutral payment reform … ensures that patients pay the same price for the same service, regardless of whether it’s delivered at a doctor’s office or a hospital-owned facility. This would lower costs for patients, slow hospital consolidation, and preserve competition and choice in our health care system.
Now is the time to urge our congressional leaders to enact PBM reforms this year before time runs out.
We urge the Common Council to confirm its labor negotiator when they meet Tuesday so that the MPA – together with the city of Milwaukee – can address the crisis in recruitment and retention of our police officers, detectives and forensic investigators.
A revolt against Democrat misrule
Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy at the start of December began a two-year term as national president of Democratic Municipal Officials network, the group that represents the tens of thousands of Democrats who serve nationwide as city, village, town and school district officials.
The WisOpinion Insiders share the legacy of former Justice David Prosser, who served as GOP speaker of the state Assembly before his 18-year career on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Prosser died Dec. 1 at 81. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Instead of playing a shell game with school funding and pointing fingers as local taxpayers continue to shoulder more and more of the cost, Wisconsin should use a portion of the state’s massive budget surplus to adequately fund schools.
… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me
A return to the pre-Act 10 days of union hubris would be devastating to the state of Wisconsin.
The nation’s high court has sidestepped a crucial discussion about transgender ideology by refusing to hear a challenge to the gender transition policies of the Eau Claire Area School District.
Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO raises questions about how universities radicalize students
We are asking Wisconsin state officials to implement changes to relevant standing orders for all FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents now and in the future so we can more adequately address the evolving opioid crisis and prevent deaths in the future.
It says a great deal about the mindset of a larger segment of our nation that the person who called 911 from an eatery is not hailed as a hero on a billboard while shirtless images of the killer are joked about as perfect for grating cheese over an Italian meal.
I think if my son were being left to the whims of an administration whose leader ought to be the one in jail, I’d pardon him, too.
New ruling striking down law is based on argument Republicans have trouble answering.
It’s time to put Wisconsinites first. We don’t need dismissive rhetoric from our governor.
We can go into exile for four years and watch as our new president destroys our country. Or we can use our superpowers to work together from the bottom up to begin fixing our broken world. It’s up to us.
Wisconsin state government, much like the federal government, is in need of change and modernization.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI data for the month of November and found that price inflation increased at a faster rate than in October. Predictably, market pundits, officials and state-owned economists are reporting that these figures are “in line with expectations.”
For the 29th time, UN member countries held a Conference of the Parties to draft policies to address problems associated with global warming, and for the 28th time, little progress was made.
