Black students in Wisconsin are much more likely to receive school discipline that White students, and the gap is widening, according to figures from the state's Department of Public Instruction.In 2010-11, about one out of every 20 students in Wisconsin was suspended from school. But that number conceals significant racial disparities...
Urban Institute Analysis Says WI Would Lose Almost $28 Billion over Next 10 YearsThere has never been any question that the House budget plan authored by Rep. Ryan would result in a very significant cut in Medicaid spending. However, there have been many questions about how the House version of the budget would affect states and how...
Affordable Care Act Reforms Will HelpAs a county, we are beating the odds. Despite an increasing number of children living in poverty and a decline in employer-sponsored insurance, the number of children growing up without health insurance has declined since 2009 by almost one million. This success is due in large part to our...
The Beloit area is getting closer to implementing a comprehensive strategy for reducing the city’s high infant mortality rate, particularly among African American babies. After almost two years of collecting data, meeting with community members, and considering alternatives, the Beloit Chapter of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy...
In case you missed it, there was some good news from Milwaukee on Friday – regarding that city’s teen birth rate. City health officials reported that the rate of births to teens ages 15 through 17 in Milwaukee dropped in 2011 for the fifth straight year, and it has declined 36% since 2006.The following chart, which is from the Journal...
BadgerCare is in a period of transition in southeast Wisconsin and it could be a very bumpy period. As is well known, United Healthcare, which now covers about 174,000 BadgerCare participants in SE Wisconsin, informed the Department of Health Services during the summer that it is going to end its contract with the state on Oct. 31....
State Policy Changes Result in Sharp Drop in Coverage BadgerCare enrollment fell by about 4,200 people in September, as the policy changes implemented in July continue to cause people to lose their BadgerCare coverage. In the first three months after those changes were initiated, BadgerCare enrollment has decreased by more than 16,000...
An unusually large group of more than 1,900 organizations representing a broad swath of American society united to urge members of Congress to pull back from the “fiscal cliff” in a responsible way that increases revenue and pares Pentagon spending in order to protect low-income people and rebuild the economy.In a two-page letter sent...
Plain Truths About Health Care Reform from Plain, Wisconsin“Losing health care coverage just before your due date is not something you read about in “What to Expect When Expecting.” Who would expect to lose their health insurance just when they needed it the most, but that is just what happened to a family from Plain, Wisconsin.”-JoAnn...
Wisconsin got some mixed news on jobs this week. The good news is that the newly released federal figures confirm the Walker Administration’s contention that there was net growth of more than 37,000 private sector jobs over the 12-month period from April 2011 through March of this year. The bad news is that those Bureau of Labor...
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