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Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm wins committee approval

Wisconsin State Journal, August 21, 2019

Gov. Evers, Senators Shilling and Baldwin speak on Medicaid at Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center

La Crosse Tribune, August 21, 2019

Bipartisan push for dental therapists in Wisconsin has foes

Wisconsin State Journal, August 21, 2019

Challenges of rural health care highlighted by Governor Evers

News 8000, August 20, 2019

Coalition pushes for dental therapists in Wisconsin

Associated Press, August 20, 2019

Signs of trouble – and progress – as Obamacare 2019 open enrollment nears

USA Today, August 19, 2019

Rep. Ron Kind talks about cost of prescription drugs

WEAU, August 19, 2019

Evers forms caregiver task force to solve shortage of workers

WEAU, August 19, 2019

Life expectancy drops in Wisconsin due to alcohol, drugs

Wisconsin State Journal, August 19, 2019

Backers of rural dental care find something to smile about

U.S. News, August 18, 2019

Federal judge overturns Wisconsin Medicaid provision barring transgender surgery

Wisconsin State Journal, August 18, 2019

Rural America has a maternal mortality problem. Midwives might help solve it

Pew, August 16, 2019

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

Kaiser Health News, August 16, 2019

CMS expands star ratings for exchange health plans

Health Leaders, August 15, 2019

Opioid deaths down in Wisconsin last year for first time since 2015

Wisconsin State Journal, August 14, 2019

GOP bill would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control

Wisconsin Law Journal, August 14, 2019

As states strive to stabilize insurance marketplaces, insurers return

Kaiser Health News, August 14, 2019

The window for Congress to do something on drug prices won’t be open forever

The Washington Post, August 14, 2019

Surprise bills becoming more frequent and costly

Modern Healthcare, August 12, 2019

Rock Co. Board tables Medicaid referendum

Beloit Daily News, August 9, 2019

New cases of severe lung injury in Wisconsin tied to vaping nicotine and THC

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 8, 2019

Evers visits Elkhorn clinic to promote extra health care funding

Janesville Gazette, August 8, 2019

Wisconsin to receive 3 million federal dollars to fight opioid crisis

WBAY, August 8, 2019

DHS head looks to build on Wisconsin’s approach to opioid addiction

Wisconsin Public Radio, August 8, 2019

Independent pharmacies feeling squeezed by pharmacy benefit managers

WisBusiness, August 7, 2019

Trump shift, backed by states, fuels fear of too few Medicaid docs

Pew, August 7, 2019

New medications get tested on healthier people. The results don’t always work on real-world patients

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 7, 2019

What’s behind the surge of prescription drugs for risky, expensive medications? Millions from drugmakers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 7, 2019

Evers, Barnes push Wisconsin Medicaid expansion despite Republican opposition

Milwaukee Business Journal, August 6, 2019

CDC: Overdose drug needs to be more available

Wisconsin Public Radio, August 6, 2019

Trump administration proposal would let US import cheaper prescription drugs

Wisconsin Public Radio, August 6, 2019

Wisconsin Democrats try again for Medicaid expansion

Wisconsin State Journal, August 6, 2019

Wisconsin individual market health insurance rates to fall 3.2 percent in 2020, Evers announces

WisBusiness, August 5, 2019

Drugmakers master rolling out their own generics to stifle competition

Kaiser Health News, August 5, 2019

Wisconsin insurance rates projected to drop 3.2%

The Daily Reporter, August 2, 2019

Health care comes in focus, this time as risk for Democrats

Associated Press, August 2, 2019

Rep. Ron Kind unveils plan to lower prescription drug costs

WSAW, August 1, 2019

‘Open for business’: Trump administration allows states to import drugs from Canada

Governing, August 1, 2019

Drug industry warns importing meds risky

Associated Press, July 31, 2019

Wisconsin seventh graders would have to get meningitis vaccine under new proposal

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 29, 2019

Despite calls to start over, US health system covers 90%

Associated Press, July 29, 2019

Proposed meningococcal vaccine requirement for Wisconsin students faces pushback

Wisconsin State Journal, July 26, 2019

Milwaukee wants to recover opioid epidemic costs from drug companies

Wisconsin Public Radio, July 26, 2019

‘That’s a lot of unpaid bills’: Uncollected bills top $1.2 million for Baraboo Ambulance Service

Channel 3000, July 22, 2019

Medicaid expansion still on the table

Milwaukee Business News, July 22, 2019

State ‘starting to turn a corner’ on physician supply

WisBusiness, July 18, 2019

County Board to vote on putting Medicaid referendum on ballot

Beloit Daily News, July 17, 2019

Democrats spotlight health care tensions in Obamacare tax repeal

Bloomberg, July 17, 2019

How pharma, under attack from all sides, keeps winning in Washington

Stat, July 16, 2019

People lose Medicaid while awaiting trial in jail. Sheriffs want Congress to let them keep it

Governing, July 16, 2019

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