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This affordability crisis didn’t happen by accident.
It is the result of policy choices that have concentrated power in the hands of the wealthy few, while underinvesting in the things our families need to thrive. Join us to reimagine an economy that works for all of us.
Updates & Publications
Comparing Health Care Changes Proposed by the Governor and the Legislature’s COVID-19 Response Bill
PDF Version Governor Evers has proposed temporary changes to Medicaid and broad investments for health providers, public health, and health systems to help mitigate the calamitous impact COVID-19 is having on the health and well-being of Wisconsin people and...
Amend the CARES Act So More Parents Receive Stimulus Checks
The recently developed federal stimulus package known as the CARES Act put in place an unprecedented amount of financial support for many workers who filed taxes in the United States. One component of the benefit is a $1,200 payment that goes to many adult federal tax...
Evers Proposes Investments in Public Assistance to Cushion the Health and Economic Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating severe economic hardship for many Wisconsinites, and especially for those who were already furthest from opportunity. It has helped reveal the stark disparities in our nation, particularly for people of color, because it has amplified...
Vote or stay healthy?
Despite efforts from Governor Evers to postpone Wisconsin’s Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary, the election will occur as scheduled. Evers cited the scope of the outbreak and the challenge in recruiting poll workers as necessary reasons to postpone...
Wisconsin Rapidly Approaches Deadline to Qualify for a Large Increase in Medicaid Funding
Lame Duck Law Has Hamstrung the Evers Administration’s Ability to Fight the PandemicWisconsin faces a deadline of April 16 to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars from federal Medicaid funding. Almost all of the other states have already qualified for the...
Lame Duck Law Severely Limits Wisconsin’s Ability to Fight the Pandemic
While other states are moving quickly to make Medicaid a stronger tool for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin has been unable to do so. The Evers administration’s efforts to make needed changes to Medicaid have been stymied by the “lame duck” law, which...
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