by Karen Timberlake | Mar 10, 2020 | Health Policy
The Alliance actively pursues value–based payment strategies as one of the four core drivers on the roadmap to high-value health care. The Alliance also supports a robust platform of health policy priorities, in part because federal and...
by Paul Meyer | Mar 3, 2020 | Health Policy, Members & Employers
“Wisconsinites should be able to afford the prescription medicine they need to lead a healthy lifestyle.” That was the sentiment delivered by Wisconsin Governor, Tony Evers, last August when he issued an executive order creating a drug task force to reduce...
by Karen Timberlake | Feb 4, 2020 | Health Policy
Health care affordability is gaining steam as a topic not just on the presidential debate stage but also among state and federal policy makers. Researchers at Altarum, a nonprofit health care consulting group, decided to dig into the relationship between the relative...
by Brandt Dietry | Dec 17, 2019 | Health Policy
Governor Tony Evers created the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing in response to a growing concern over rising drug prices. In announcing the task force, the Governor said, “Picking up a medication shouldn’t break the bank, but it often does for our...
by John Zordani | Oct 28, 2019 | Health Policy
Health care is already looming large as an issue in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. The broad field of Democratic presidential candidates is advancing a full range of policy proposals, from single-payer to a public option to public-private hybrids. The...
by Cathy Mahaffey | Oct 10, 2019 | Health Policy
Cathy Mahaffey is CEO of the non-profit Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Wisconsin’s largest individual market carrier serving 20 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. If you follow health policy or political news, you may have heard mention of “surprise bills,” a...
