Healthcare

Healthcare For the second day straight, Wisconsin sees record number of COVID-19 cases. (Shutterstock image)
Healthcare Baldwin Bill Helps People Find Health Coverage They Lost During Pandemic

Proposal could help 6 million Americans. Biden wants to beef up Affordable Care Act. Trump COVID health plan not keeping promises.

September 11, 2020 2:19 pm CDT
Family Nikki Hays, left, who lives at the Reality Unlimited group home in Eau Claire, talks Thursday with group home owner Audrey Nelson. (Photo by Julian Emerson).
Family Evers Task Force Calls for Higher Wages for Workers Who Care for Children and Elderly

Findings echo what Vice President Joe Biden is proposing on national level.

September 10, 2020 4:04 pm CDT
Healthcare This Bill Would Give Paid Sick Leave and Hazard Pay to Healthcare Workers
Healthcare This Bill Would Give Paid Sick Leave and Hazard Pay to Healthcare Workers

Healthcare workers support DEM-sponsored bill, citing need for better health care, paid time off in wake of pandemic.

June 29, 2020 3:26 pm CDT
Healthcare Graphic via Desirée Tapia
Healthcare The GOP Wants to Repeal the ACA During a Pandemic. Democrats Are Trying to Expand Coverage.

If the Affordable Care Act is struck down, tens of millions of Americans would lose coverage and protections for pre-existing conditions.

June 24, 2020 12:13 pm CDT
Social Justice Protesters and Police at Vos’ House
Social Justice Protesters and Police at Vos’ House

Vos falsely blamed COVID surge on immigrants, angering many.

June 18, 2020 3:29 pm CDT

Continuing Coverage

Empty classroom Coronavirus More In-Person Classes Canceled as Record COVID-19 Surge Hits Wisconsin
Melissa Gavin of Cross Plains talks about how flood waters reached and damaged her house in 2018. Gavin attributes the flooding to climate change. (Photo © Andy Manis) Environment 2018 Flood Pushes Wisconsin Village to Tackle Changing Climate
Carl Fields, program manager at the Racine Hospitality Center and Racine-Kenosha organizer for the organization Ex-incarcerated People Organizing, sits Friday at Monument Square in downtown Racine. Fields was released from prison in 2016 but will be on extended supervision until 2033, meaning he won’t be able to cast a ballot until the 2034 midterm elections. (Photo by Pat A. Robinson) Voting Wisconsin Law Prevents 50,000 Citizens From Voting
(Photo provided) Jobs Cabinet Secretary Resigns Over Ongoing Unemployment Backlog
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Commentary I’m a Former VP at Cigna. Health Insurers Are No Friend to Racial Equity.

As a former health insurance executive who oversaw corporate communications, I know first-hand that these recent carefully crafted commitments to racial justice are designed to paper over a shameful truth.

June 18, 2020 11:34 am CDT
Healthcare Part Two: Systemic Racism In Healthcare
Healthcare Part Two: Systemic Racism In Health Care

Decades of ignoring this reality proves deadly for Black patients.

June 16, 2020 7:00 am CDT