Advocacy Groups and Unions Letter to Governor Urging Budget Vetoes to Secure BadgerCare Expansion.

  June 23, 2023 Governor Tony Evers 115 East State Street Madison, WI 53707 Dear Governor Evers, Wisconsin’s failure to adopt BadgerCare Expansion as authorized under the Affordable Care Act is leaving a dangerous health affordability gap for people living just above the poverty line. We, the undersigned, urge you to leverage your powerful veto pen to push the legislature…

New Wisconsin Research Shows Growing Unaffordable of Healthcare in Wisconsin

For Immediate Release, Monday January 30, 2023 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324, [email protected] Statewide: Partnering with national researchers, Citizen Action of Wisconsin released today a new demographically balanced survey of 1,196 Wisconsinites on the affordability of health care in the Badger State. The survey found 59% of survey respondents had experienced at least one health care affordability burden over the…

Democrat Kristina Shelton has big ideas.

Democrat Kristina Shelton is the Program Director at the YWCA of Greater Green Bay where she advocates for the needs of Green Bay residents. Kristina is a former educator who was elected to the Green Bay School Board in 2019 and is its Vice President. Health Care Kristina Shelton has never backed away from taking on the big challenges. She…

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…