Milwaukee Partners Gathering at Quality of Life Center throughout the Month for, “Breaking the Cycle: Protecting Our Legacy” EventsNovember is Prematurity Awareness Month, and awareness is necessary because the United States as a whole is still ranked 34 out of 38 developed countries for infant mortality rates, and the premature birth...
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...
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....
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