Citizen Action Weekend Newsletter, Friday, July 12th
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Attend Citizen Action virtual training on state legislation to rein in healthcare costs and hospital closures, Thursday, July 25th, 6pm
Wisconsinites pay some of the highest healthcare costs in the nation, and yet some hospitals are struggling to stay afloat. How can this be?
Citizen Action is excited to announce a NEW virtual training on July 25th, 6:00pm, addressing the consolidation of the hospital industry, skyrocketing consumer costs, and the closures of important hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin. We will provide key information on developing state legislation.
In this training, you will:
- Learn about new, not-yet-released Hospital Re-Regulation Legislation that will restore public oversight to increasingly unaccountable hospital monopolies, slash healthcare costs, and stabilize vulnerable hospitals.
- Deepen your understanding of BadgerCare Expansion and the BadgerCare Public Option.
- See how these core healthcare policies “fit together” as stepping stones toward guaranteeing healthcare as a right for all Wisconsinites
- Gain strategies and messaging guidance for talking with constituents and/or community members about solutions to the healthcare crisis
- Learn how Wisconsin Hospital Association lobbyists convinced Wisconsin legislators in the 1980s to “deregulate” healthcare in Wisconsin, slashing public oversight and freeing hospitals to operate as “nonprofit in name only,” price-gouging consumers and using windfall profits to expand into new markets and exert monopoly control over entire regions.
Citizen Action regularly hears from doctors and nurses across the state that we are the only Wisconsin organization addressing the root causes of our healthcare crisis with pivotal policy solutions.
Sign up today to learn how you can create high-impact results for your constituents, whose lives and health are on the line.
The Wisconsin Legislature enabled this failed hospital business model in the 1980’s and fortunately, our state legislature has the power to put the guardrails back in place to lower costs for consumers and stabilize our teetering healthcare system. Join us and learn more about how.
Volunteer with Citizen Action to win critical state legislative elections!
See list of Citizen Action’s early endorsed candidates.
SIGN UP to Volunteer with Citizen Action’s Phone Bank for State Legislative Candidates and against the 2 state constitutional amendment questions, every Tuesday, 5pm.
Citizen Action Speaks Out About Oak Creek Gas Plant
Citizen Action of Wisconsin recently took a firm stand against Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s (WPSC) proposal to build a new gas plant in Oak Creek by sending a detailed letter to the Public Service Commission.
We argued that this project contradicts the urgent need to cut greenhouse gas emissions and will lock us into decades of harmful pollution. We highlighted the severe health risks posed by emissions from natural gas plants, such as respiratory diseases and cancer, which disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. It is unfair to burden Wisconsin ratepayers with the $200 million pre-construction costs, especially when cleaner, renewable energy alternatives are available.
Our call to action is clear: invest in renewable energy and prioritize community involvement to ensure a healthier, more equitable future for all.
Join us if you want to know how we can defeat Project 2025?
Join Citizen Action members and our national network, People’s Action, for the “Our Future is Now” livestream on Wednesday, July 31 at 7 PM CST with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal to hear how we can organize together toward a multiracial democracy that takes back our politics from billionaires.
Volunteer to make calls for Amillia Heredia on Tuesday, July 16th, 5pm.
Join over a dozen volunteers from around the state calling together in support of this progressive champion and in opposition to the 2 state constitutional amendment questions!
To get involved helping elect Amillia Heredia with Citizen Action, contact: [email protected]
Citizen Action in the News
The past two weeks, Citizen Action Executive Director Robert Kraig answered questions from callers about whether President Biden should withdraw from the race. Robert Kraig appears on the Earl Ingram Radio Show (statewide) every Wednesday at 9 AM.
Listen to July 3rd Interview (just ahead of Earl’s interview with President Biden)
The Earl Ingram Show airs on the growing Civic Media radio network from 8 AM to 10 AM weekdays. Robert is the regular guest every Wednesday 9 AM to 10 AM. Civic Media now has radio stations in every media market where Citizen Action has an organizing co-op. You can also subscribe to the Earl Ingram show on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other podcast platforms, and listen on Alexa and on TuneIn. For video of the program you can watch on YouTube.
Listen to “Walkin’& Talkin’ for Progressive Candidates” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
Citizen Action just launched our volunteer field campaign in support of our progressive candidates and “no votes” on damaging state constitutional amendments. We discuss the pivotal State Legislative primary races and the influence activists can have on electoral outcomes. Our week of calls demonstrated a real thirst among voters we talked to for progressive candidates. JOIN US on the phones next Tuesday, July 16th, 5pm, for our next primary candidate, Amillia Heredia (Assembly District 11; City of Milwaukee).
We discuss news this week that the Marshfield Clinic Health System intends to combine with South Dakota-based Sanford Health. We discuss how this further consolidation of monopolistic health systems will drive up costs and lead to more closures. We critique Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage that reported Marshfield Clinic PR as news coverage. We also review the Eau Claire area community assessment released this week that found a serious lack of access to health care, particularly mental health services. Robert also educates us on how Medicare’s crazy payment system is helping create monopolies in health care.
Listen to the show.
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