Wisconsin health insurance


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Wisconsin state health insurance exchange

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H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

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Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]



health insurance plans comparedhow healthy is living in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has dropped seven spots since 2009 and is now ranked as the 18th healthiest state to live in, according to the 2010 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

  • Wisconsin's strengths include high rates in both high school graduations—88.5 percent of ninth graders graduating in their expected four years of high school—and immunization coverage – with 93.5 percent of children from 19 to 35 months old receiving their recommended immunizations.
  • The state also shows low rates of occupational fatalities and infectious disease, as well as a low percentage of the population that is uninsured (9.6 percent).
  • Wisconsin has shown a decline in smoking as well as deaths due to cardiovascular disease in the past ten years.
  • Smoking has decreased from 23.7 percent to 18.7 of the population, and deaths due to cardiovascular disease are shown as 258.3 deaths per 100,000 of the population, down from 1990's 389.2 per 100,000.

The bad news:

  • Wisconsin has a particularly high rate of binge drinking, the highest in the nation.
  • For 2010, the prevalence of binge drinking is listed at 23.2 percent of the population.
  • The state also has a low level of public health care funding, with only $40 per individual.
  • Obesity increased over the past year from 26 to 29.2 percent of the population.

Wisconsin's best and worst category rankings:

  • High school graduation – 2nd
  • Lack of health insurance – 4th
  • Immunization coverage – 4th
  • Prevalence of obesity – 34th
  • Public health funding – 48th
  • Prevalence of binge drinking – 50th

more details

  • See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Wisconsin.
  • Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Wisconsin health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Wisconsin here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Wisconsin, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.


does Wisconsin have a health insurance high risk pool?

Thumbs up on offering a risk pool.; Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plan
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health-insurance risk poolsIMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Wisconsin started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Wisconsin's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.


how to find health insurance in Wisconsin

Find health insurance in Wisconsin Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Georgetown's Wisconsin health insurance guide

Georgetown health insurance guidesGeorgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.

Review Georgetown's guide for Wisconsin.

Health insurance plan report cards for Wisconsin

NCQA logo The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers.

Go here to search for Wisconsin health insurance plan report cards.

Wisconsin government health insurance resources

Wisconsin State Seal.;

BadgerCare PLUS – a Wisconsin program to provide health care coverage for uninsured families.

Wisconsin Medicaid – information on the federal/state program to provide health coverage for those without the means to pay for it.

Advocacy

The Coalition for Wisconsin Health – is a collaborative effort of 60 religious, social concern, human rights, health care and labor organizations, working to reform health care in the United States.

Wisconsin Healthcare For All – an approach to provide health care for all citizens without a single-payer system.





Special Section:

How Wisconsin Congressional delegations voted on health care legislation

repeal the health reform law?
how it would affect Wisconsin

repeal The GOP's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act could wipe out critical consumer protections, cost savings, benefits for seniors (including preventive services and reduced prescription drug costs), and – hugely important – access to coverage for folks with pre-existing conditions. Find out how repeal of the Affordable Care Act would affect Wisconsin consumers.

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WI health insurance news

Walker plans few changes to health care

Milwaukee Business Journal – Wisconsin governor aims to create an exchange that meets the letter of the law but allows current marketplace to continue with little change.

Feingold Takes Risk on Health Care

The Wall Street Journal —Trailing in the polls and facing an irate electorate, Sen. Russ Feingold has begun to campaign on an issue that has swamped fellow Democratic incumbents nationwide: his vote for President Barack Obama’s health overhaul. Despite polls showing that voters remain skeptical of the law, Sen. Feingold …

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WI health insurance companies

Health insurance companies in Wisconsin.
Get health insurance quotes for these companies. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin
Arise Health Plan
Celtic Ins. Co.
Dean Health Plan, Inc.
Golden Rule
Humana
Unity Health Insurance
WPS Health Insurance

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Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.

Wisconsin Licensee Search
State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation & Licensing

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Wisconsin Medical Society

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Resources for those individuals seeking health care insurance in Wisconsin. If you are looking for Wisconsin Medicare, visit our site for health insurance over 65.