By M.D. Kittle – If Gov. Tony Evers really wants to expand affordable, accessible health care in Wisconsin he should look to a private-sector solution that is truly bending the health care cost curve, according to lawmakers championing direct primary care. Read More Lawmakers To Reintroduce Market-Driven Fix To Obamacare Mess
By M.D. Kittle – State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo believes the free-market can lead the nation out of the health care mess wrought by liberals over the past several years. Read More Sanfelippo Introduces Free Market-Led Health Care Reform
By M.D. Kittle – On its first day of budget business in executive session Monday, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee postponed a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to move the state to a self-insurance model. Read More Sources: Walker’s Self-Insurance Plan dead, But Savings Push Lives On
Unhappy with the Group Insurance Board’s recent decision to stop covering hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgeries for state employees, one protester thought the board’s meeting this morning was the right time to launch a profanity-riddled protest. Read More **PROFANITY WARNING** Transgender Protest Crashes Insurance Board Meeting
A Wisconsin non-profit health insurer set up by the Affordable Care Act that received $108 million in loans from the federal government finished 2014 with a $36.5 million deficit, according to a report from the Inspector General’s office of the Department of Health and Human Services. Read More Wisconsin’s Government Sponsored Health Care CO-OP In Financial Trouble