By Karen Stokes During a pandemic, disease spreads quickly and it is imperative to have insurance to cover high unexpected hospital costs. As the world grapples with coronavirus, the more … [Read more...]
How the U.S. can have the world’s best health care system without increasing taxes
The authors of a grassroots National Health Insurance Plan say it is designed to save billions of dollars; and more importantly, to save lives. Every minute of every day, another family goes … [Read more...]
It’s Open Enrollment Time!
Ascension Wisconsin Encourages our Community to Enroll in Health Insurance Beginning Nov. 1. Ascension Wisconsin encourages our community to enroll in health insurance beginning … [Read more...]
Gov. Evers, State and Local Officials Announce Open Enrollment Period for Health Insurance
By Dylan Deprey Out of twenty cities, former President Barack Obama visited Milwaukee to celebrate a first-place victory in his Healthy Communities Challenge back in 2016. Milwaukee signed up … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Granted Permission to Withdraw from Affordable Care Act Lawsuit
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, Wisconsin found out that its request to be dismissed from the lawsuit, Texas v. United States, was granted. The case, which includes multiple states, is a … [Read more...]
Access to Care a Responsibility of Us All
By Reggie Newson Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Wisconsin Enrollment in HealthCare.gov, the website showcasing Wisconsin’s health insurance exchanges, is down this year when compared to last … [Read more...]
Despite Trump, ACA Open Enrollment has Begun
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA No, President Trump and the Republican Congress haven‘t “repealed and replaced” President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal health care law, … [Read more...]
Deadline to Sign Up for Obamacare is January 31
“Last chance” events scheduled for the final week of open enrollment MILWAUKEE – With a new president taking office this week, and an uncertain road ahead for the Affordable Care Act, many consumers … [Read more...]
Sign Up By December 15 for Obamacare in 2017
Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment surges in November and December MILWAUKEE – For more than 38,000 people in the Milwaukee area currently covered in the health insurance Marketplace … [Read more...]