It’s been half a year since Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers approved a bill that would help people get the health care they need in western Wisconsin.
As some surrounding birth centers are shuttering their maternity departments, a rural western Wisconsin hospital in a town of about 5,000 people is growing its women’s health and labor & delivery services.
In this op-ed, Milwaukee resident and community organizer Kat Klawes recaps the energy at Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's Milwaukee visit and explains why she’s working to help shape the country she wants to live in.
With new legislative maps, all eyes are on helping families and employers in order to give the state a more competitive economy.
Record Number of Wisconsinites have lower and better health care benefits, thanks to Biden-Harris legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 43,000 Wisconsinites were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 32,000 Wisconsin seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
Penni Klein used to have to ration the insulin she needs to control her diabetes. But no longer – not since her medication bills dropped from $685 to $70 a month, thanks to an act of Congress, led by the How the Biden-Harris Administration.
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two years ago.
Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration, Wisconsin nursing programs receive a big funding boost, increasing instructor and student numbers to address the nursing shortage.
