Walker’s Op-ed Column in the Washington Post Generates a False Rating In a PolitiFact article in Sunday’s Journal Sentinel, Guy Boulton and Dave Umhoefer critique an op-ed column by Governor Walker in the July 12 Washington Post, in which he contended that that the federal health care reform law would “devastate” Wisconsin. His...

Long-awaited 2010 Survey Results Show 11% Uninsured for All or Part of YearData released a week or so ago by the Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services (DHS) indicate that an estimated 579,000 people were uninsured in Wisconsin for all or part of the 12 months preceding the department’s 2010 Family Health Survey.  That amounts to 11 percent...

Secretary Smith Questions Federal Limits on His Power to Change BadgerCareOne of the many ways that the federal health care reform law is helping people in Wisconsin is by protecting BadgerCare.  Because of the law’s stability provision, known as the maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement, federal officials rejected Walker...

In a Washington Post op-ed today, Governor Walker attacks the federal health care reform law.   His column draws selectively from the actuarial report done for the state by MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, and studiously avoids the report's many findings that shed a positive light on the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  In addition, it appears...

For the 33rd Time, House Votes to Repeal All or Part of the ACAThe House of Representatives voted today on repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – for the 33rd time!  No one was exactly on the edge of their seats awaiting the outcome, since the Republican majority voted on 32 previous occasions to repeal or defund all or part of the...