By Kevin Kane About once in a generation a visionary idea becomes law and has a striking and profound effect on the lives of all Americans. Now that the first open enrollment has ended, we can say confidently that the Affordable Care Act is one of those visionary laws. In the 1930s, that idea was [...]

On the day the rest of the country is trying to extend coverage before the deadline, tens of thousands are being forced off coverage across Wisconsin Statewide – At media events Monday in Milwaukee and Madison, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, faith leaders, elected officials and citizens losing coverage called attention to Governor Walker’s immoral decision [...]

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With less than two weeks left to sign up for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, grassroots supporters of the mandatory law and federal health officials are rushing to enroll Blacks, other people of color and young people in order to meet the Obama administration’s [...]

An important deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace is quickly approaching. The Social Development Commission is partnering with several agencies to help residents beat that deadline. The ACA Marketplace enrollment ends March 31 for coverage to be effective in 2014. To help provide information on the program and to start [...]

Citizen Action of Wisconsin and Representative Melissa Sargent held a media conference call to release a memo by the Legislature’s Fiscal Bureau showing the impact of federal Medicaid funds from the Affordable Care Act on each county. While Governor Walker rejected these federal funds for BadgerCare, the state can accept them at any time. Additionally, [...]

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will take a number of its most used programs to a Milwaukee neighborhood to make them more easily accessible. SDC will hold an Integrated Mobile Monday on January 27 from 9 am to 4:30 pm at Greater New Birth Church at 8237 W. Silver Spring Drive. The agency is partnering [...]

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent As the Obama administration makes strides to improve the functionality of HealthCare.gov, the flagship website for the Affordable Care Act, Republican lawmakers continue to block federal funds that would help millions of poor Blacks get health insurance coverage. A progress report on the improved performance of HealthCare.gov cited hundreds [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young The Affordable Health Care Act, known derisively as Obamacare in most Republican circles, has now morphed into a game of political spin. Republicans openly deride the president’s signature legislation as a blatant attempt to socialize delivery of healthcare in this country. While Democrats, on the other hand, proudly assert [...]

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is encouraging people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act by December 23rd; anyone who successfully signs up by that date will be eligible for healthcare on January 1st. “The website is working much better now and thousands of people are signing up for insurance every day,” Abele said. [...]

MADISON- This week, the Wisconsin State Assembly once again rejected efforts to improve affordable health coverage for Wisconsin families by approving Governor Walker’s proposal to delay implementing changes to BadgerCare, including Walker’s provision that would cut about 70,000 individuals off their existing coverage. This latest move to delay cuts instead of accepting Wisconsin’s share of [...]