- Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Rankings 2009 - This is the 3rd annual report on Wisconsin metro and regional health insurance costs. There continues to be wide cost variations between higher and lower cost areas of the state. There is a 22% variation between the highest cost major metro area (Eau Claire) and the lowest cost metro area (Madison), which amounts to a $4,146 difference for a family policy and a $1,659 difference for a single policy each year. Press Release | Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Rankings 2009
Citizen Action produces and releases timely reports and analyses
primarily on Wisconsin health care issues. In addition to research
that we produce in-house, Citizen Action co-releases Wisconsin-specific
reports by our national partners Families USA and USAction. Citizen
Action also exercises its traditional consumer watchdog function,
evaluating the claims of health care reform opponents.
- New Citizen Action Report Reveals Increasing Cut Insurance Industry is taking from Wisconsin Health Insurance Premiums Press Release | The Hidden Cost of Health Insurance in Wisconsin - Report
Report finds $1.5 billion dollars not spent on Medical Care
- Premiums vs Paychecks for WI - Report Finds that Premiums Rose by 73.9 Percent While
Earnings Rose by Only 15.5 Percent Press Release | Report
- Citizen Action Response to Wisconsin Public Policy Research Institute
Report (WPRI) on Healthy Wisconsin (June 19, 2008) Press Release
- Families USA Report: Failing Grade, A Scorecard Report on State
Consumer Protections in the Individual Insurance Market Report (June 12,
2008) Press Release | Report
- Families USA Report: Dying for Coverage Report (March 25, 2008) Report | Press Release
- Local Cost of War Reports (March 19, 2008) Press Release | more
Archive
Good Deal: How Healthy Wisconsin Improves the Bottom Line for Working
Families (March 10, 2008). New Citizen Action report shows that if
Healthy Wisconsin were enacted the typical Wisconsin family would save
between 40% and 60%or from $1,300 to $4,100 per year over what they are
paying now for health insurance coverage. Healthy Wisconsin is the
bold heath care reform plan which passed the state senate but was
blocked by the state assembly. Press Release | Report
Scouting the Presidential Candidates (February 14, 2008) Citizen
Action analyzes the health care plans of the major presidential
candidates just ahead of the pivotal Wisconsin primary. Report
Families USA Report: Too Great a Burden (December 13, 2008). Report
finds that over 1.2 million Wisconsinites live in families that pay
over 10% of their income for health care, and that 322,000
Wisconsinites live in families that pay over 25% of their incomes for
health care. Report
Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking 2008 (December 4, 2007). This
widely quoted Citizen Action report ranks Wisconsin’s major cities and
regions on health insurance costs, finding a large disparity between
different areas of the state. The report resulted in 75 media stories
state-wide. Press Release | Report
Citizen Action debate with Assembly Health Care Committee Chair Rep.
Leah Vukmir on HSAs (November 20, 2007). In the summer and fall of
2007 Rep. Leah Vukmir and Citizen Action undertook an wide-range debate
on the value of HSAs as a solution to the health care crisis. Read the
full transcript of the debate here. Debate | Press Release
Unfair Advantage: How making HSAs tax deductible in Wisconsin would
benefit the wealthy and not working families (September 26, 2007).
Citizen Action report finds that Wisconsin tax deductibility for HSAs,
often touted by conservatives as a solution to the health care crisis,
will deliver a majority of the benefit to individuals and families who
make over $100,000 per year, and do little to help working families
struggling to afford health care. Press Release | Report
USAction Report: Wisconsin Cost of War (August 30, 2007) Report
quantifies the immense cost of the Iraq War to Wisconsinites, and the
opportunity costs of this resource drain. Press Release | Report
7 Reasons to Fear HSAs (August 7, 2007). This Citizen Action report
reviews the major research on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). It
concludes that HSAs will not make health care more affordable, and will
actually make traditional insurance much more expensive. Press Release | Report
Response to Right-Wing Attacks on Healthy Wisconsin (July 20, 2007).
Citizen Action Analyzes misleading right-wing attacks on Healthy
Wisconsin, the health care reform lan that passed the state senate in
late June. Press Release
Families USA Report: Healthy Wisconsin, Good Medicine for the Wisconsin
Economy (July 13, 2007). Report finds that enactment of Healthy
Wisconsin would be a boost to the Wisconsin economy. Report
USAction Report: Medicare Advantage (July 12, 2007). Report finds that
new privatized version of Medicare is cost 13% more, and exposing
seniors to deceptive marketing practices. The program was pushed by
the Bush Administration as a way to reduce Medicare costs. Press Release | Report
Response to Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce Attacks on Healthy
Wisconsin (June 29, 2007) Citizen Action takes a look at misleading
tax arguments being made by state Chamber of Commerce against Healthy
Wisconsin, the bold health care reform plan that recently passed the
senate. Press Release
Health Care Cost Freedom Day 2007 (May 2, 2007). On tax day, Citizen
Action points out that it takes nearly triple the number of days for
Wisconsinites to pay their health care costs than it does to pay their
state and local taxes Press Release
USAction First Things First Report on Federal Budget Impact on
Wisconsin (March 21, 2007) Report finds that President Bush’s Budget
does not invest in working families priorities. Press Release | Report
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