Fight over Medicaid expansion brewing in Wisconsin
Medicaid expansion is both unnecessary and financially unsustainable, WILL argues, especially in light of the fact that Wisconsin has no health insurance coverage gap.
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Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
Evers budget is overly expensive, cedes power to bureaucrats, feds
Gov. Tony Evers’ first budget proposes giving more authority to unelected bureaucrats, reducing transparency, reversing state law to cede more power to the federal government, and would raise taxes by at least $1,000 per person in Wisconsin to pay for it, critics argue.
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Evers’ single-payer plan an additional $30 billion in first year
Moving toward a single-payer healthcare system also would cost taxpayers an additional $30 billion in the first year alone, the state’s free market think tank, the MacIver Institute, calculates.
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RightWisconsin Conversations: Will Flanders on School Choice
Dr. Will Flanders, the Research Director for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, joins Editor James Wigderson on this week’s episode of RightWisconsin Conversations. Flanders discusses his work on school choice, including his recent work for school choice in Mississippi. He also explains some of his research about occupational licenses.
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Repeal of Minimum Markup for Prescription Medications to Have Hearing Wednesday
Those stories about Walmart selling prescriptions for $4? Can’t do that here under the current law. “Prices may be higher in CA, HI, MN, MT, PA, TN and WI,” according to the fine print.
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The Education Status Quo Caucus Has Jumped the Shark
The “Status Quo” caucus of the Democratic Party just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to score political points with their activist base. In a nearly 30-minute rant session, several Democratic Representatives blamed school choice for all of Wisconsin’s education, economic, and societal woes.
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Celebrate School Choice Week By Remembering Accomplishments
The Wisconsin legislature should keep these ideas in mind so that every week can be School Choice Week for all Wisconsin kids.
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Macco Isn’t Sure Tax Is Legal, But Still Thinks It’s a Good Idea
Republican State Representative John Macco is among the officials defending the tax. Macco issued a news release Monday saying he “supports Brown County Leadership.”
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Reactions Supreme Court Taking Up Redistricting
The US Supreme Court has issued a stay halting a lower court’s ruling that the Wisconsin legislature must redraw their legislative lines by November.
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