April 24, 2020

Health Professionals Speak Out Against Social Distancing Protests

For Immediate Release: April 24, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig, (414) 322-5324, [email protected] Claire Zautke, (414) 940-3375, [email protected] Health Professionals Speak Out Against Social Distancing Protests In video statements recorded this morning, health professionals explain why the the Governor’s Safer at Home order is an essential measure for containing COVID-19, creating conditions to gradually and safely reopen the economy  Statewide: This…

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April 15, 2020

Legislative Action on COVID-19 Grossly Inadequate

For Immediate Release: April 15, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] Legislative Action on COVID-19 Grossly Inadequate Without free testing and treatment, Wisconsin will not slow down the transmission of the virus, or allow safe reopening of economy  Statewide: With the slow and uncoordinated federal response to the coronavirus pandemic paralyzing the country, the burden of leadership has fallen…

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March 27, 2020

Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s Memo re: COVID-19 to Governor Evers

MEMORANDUM  To: Governor Tony Evers Administration From: Robert Kraig RE: Brief Memo on COVID-19 Emergency Response Related to BadgerCare and Private Health Coverage Date: March 21, 2020 On a Health Matters coalition call earlier this week, Jamie Kuhn, the Governor’s Outreach Director, requested from health advocates short bullet points on actionable policy proposals.  Citizen Action of Wisconsin put out a…

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March 20, 2020

Emergency Powers Give Wisconsin Authority to use BadgerCare to Fight Coronavirus

For Immediate Release: March 20, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] Emergency Powers Give Wisconsin Authority to use BadgerCare to Fight Coronavirus Federal Emergency Declaration opens new avenues to guarantee everyone is tested and treated without cost sharing, fully covering all uninsured Wisconsinites Statewide: Under pressure from a number of states seeking to stem the alarming speed of novel…

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March 16, 2020

Ron Johnson’s Opposition to Paid Sick Days Threatens to Delay or Weaken Coronavirus Response

For Immediate Release: March 16, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] Ron Johnson’s Opposition to Paid Sick Days Threatens to Delay or Weaken Coronavirus Response Statewide: Over the weekend Senator Ron Johnson’s made national headlines for his vocal opposition to sick leave provisions in the Coronavirus Relief Bill which passed the U.S. House of Representatives Friday with the full…

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March 11, 2020

Health Care Value Survey Shows Wisconsinites Concerned About Affordability and Quality of Care: Provides both statewide and regional data

For Immediate Release: March 11, 2020 Contacts: Claire Zautke, (414) 940-3375, [email protected] Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324, [email protected] Health Care Value Survey Shows Wisconsinites Concerned About Affordability and Quality of Care Provides both statewide and regional data Statewide: Nationally, consumer worry about health care affordability is well documented but now—for the first time—a new survey reveals how affordability concerns and ideas…

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December 19, 2019

Federal Court Decision Threatens Health Coverage in Wisconsin

For Immediate Release–December 19, 2019 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324 [email protected] Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions, marketplace health insurance, at grave risk of having coverage taken away by right-wing federal judges Milwaukee: Late yesterday, the unending drive by conservative politicians to rip health coverage away from millions Americans, and re-legalize insurance discrimination, came a step closer to tearing apart the health…

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September 19, 2019

Citizen Action Statement on Introduction of National Prescription Drug Reform (H.R. 3)

For Immediate Release: September 19, 2019 Contact: Robert Kraig, [email protected], (414) 322-5324 Citizen Action Statement on Introduction of National Prescription Drug Reform (H.R. 3) Milwaukee: Today U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a bold new proposal to curb prescription medicine prices through negotiations, new penalties for non-compliant drug companies and international price indexing. Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert…

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September 19, 2019

Highlighting the Human Face of BadgerCare Expansion

For months now, Citizen Action of Wisconsin has been fighting for BadgerCare expansion. And although expansion did not happen in the budget, we are not done fighting.  Earlier this summer, Governor Tony Evers, Senator Jon Erpenbach, and Representative Daniel Riemer introduced BadgerCare expansion legislation. We are under no illusion that the bill’s path forward will be easy. So far, Republican…

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September 12, 2019

Lower Drug Prices Now!

Prescription drugs are integral to our health care system and most medical treatments. People across Wisconsin depend on prescription drugs, whether in their everyday lives or for lifesaving treatments. And yet, recent years have seen the prices of many prescription drugs skyrocket. Prescription drug prices jumped 10.5 percent over in just the first six months of 2019–an increase four times…

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