Health Advocates in 9 Wisconsin Cities Urge Lawmakers to Expand BadgerCare |
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Written by Citizen Action of Wisconsin Press |
Monday, 24 June 2019 16:30 |
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/badgercare-save-caw-s5.png STATEWIDE, WI - A day before the full Legislature begins voting on the state budget, Citizen Action members led a statewide health care day of action urging lawmakers to accept federal Medicaid money to expand Wisconsin’s popular BadgerCare program. Citizen Action members also trekked to Madison from across the state to lobby their legislators one last time before the big votes in the Assembly and Senate. Showing the breadth of public support, there were twelve BadgerCare expansion events in nine cities, including Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Minocqua, Ladysmith, Wausau, Brown Deer, and Madison. Over 80,000 working people in Wisconsin living just above the poverty line are denied access to affordable health coverage through no fault of their own. They hold jobs that do not provide affordable health coverage, the kind of jobs that have grown the fastest since the Great Recession, in retail, home care, restaurants, child care, agriculture, and many other professions.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:58 |
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