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 … [Read more...]
Despite website improvements, millions of Blacks not covered
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, … [Read more...]
Abele encourages people to sign up for Health Care Exchanges
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 … [Read more...]
Legislators respond to Walker’s health plan idea
By Cassandra Lans Last week Governor Scott Walker announced that in light of what he referred to as “the failed ACA rollout by the Federal government”, he would call a special session of the … [Read more...]
New report explains why Wisconsin health insurance rates dramatically higher than Minnesota’s
Decisions made by Wisconsin explains massive health insurance premium disparity between MN and WI on new health insurance marketplaces On a media call Wednesday that included U.S. Congresswoman Gwen … [Read more...]
New Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost ranking
Milwaukee and Racine have highest Health Insurance Costs in State for 2013 Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 7th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report Wednesday morning on a … [Read more...]
Kohl, Baldwin, Kind, Moore and Pocan encourage Walker to implement state-based health insurance exchange
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Reps. Ron Kind (WI-3), Gwen Moore (WI-4) and Representative-elect Mark Pocan (WI-2) sent a letter to Wisconsin Governor Scott … [Read more...]
Health insurance exchange deadline looms
Internal documents shed light on Walker decision Now that President Obama has been re-elected, the Walker Administration faces a major deadline for a core element of the Affordable Care Act. The … [Read more...]
Obamacare saves over $14.5M on insurance premiums
Madison – Americans have saved an estimated $2.1 billion on health insurance premiums as a result of two important provisions of Obamacare – officially called the Affordable Care Act – that protect … [Read more...]
New Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking
Milwaukee health insurance 27 percent more costly than Madison, and much lower quality Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 6th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report earlier this … [Read more...]