ABC and Health News from 2024
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Published: Dec. 12
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Published: Dec. 10
Madison hospitals should make getting financial help easier, advocate report says
Confusing financial assistance policies leave too many patients with medical debt, a report by ABC for Health says.
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Published: Dec. 10
Most Hospitals in Dane County Fail on Community Charity Care Investments
A new report calls out many Dane County hospitals for failing to justify extensive tax breaks and effectively serve patients impacted by health disparities. In 2023, Dane County hospitals spent an average of only 0.7% of their gross patient revenues on charity care. The national average is 2.3%.
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Published: Nov. 20
Entrepreneurs pare their pitches at the 2024 Elevator Pitch Olympics
A Madison-based technology company aimed at reducing the soaring burden of medical debt is the winner of the 2024 Elevator Pitch Olympics.
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Published: Nov. 19
2024 Early Stage Symposium – It’s a Wrap! The Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium was held Nov. 13-14, 2024, at the Monona
2024 Early Stage Symposium – It’s a Wrap! The Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium was held Nov. 13-14, 2024, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. More than 450 people registered to attend the conference from across
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Published: Nov. 18
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Wisconsin Technology Council's 2024 Early Stage Symposium pitch contests
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Published: Nov. 14
Unpaid medical care is again on the rise in Wisconsin
The amount of unpaid medical care at Wisconsin hospitals has increased for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published: Nov. 4
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Published: Nov. 1
Medical Debt Pain Increases for Wisconsin Patients
Uncompensated care in Wisconsin hospitals increased to $1.4 billion in 2023, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s “Uncompensated Health Care Report, Wisconsin Hospitals Fiscal Year 2023.”
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Published: Oct. 30
Emerging firms will pitch over two days at 2024 Early Stage Symposium in Madison
Forty-one young companies will pitch to potential investors and others throughout the course of the in-person Nov. 13-14 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium.
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Published: Oct. 16
ABC for Health & HealthWatch Wisconsin Present a Medical Debt Symposium in Milwaukee
ABC for Health calls medical debt a public health crisis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and across the country. Bobby Peterson, Public Interest Attorney and Executive Director of ABC for Health will kick off the symposium with a presentation on Milwaukee County medical debt, uncompensated care, and hospital financial assistance policies and practices.
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Published: Oct. 2
Legal Aid Groups Seek Increase to Annual Fee Assessed to Wisconsin Lawyers
A petition before the Wisconsin Supreme Court – filed by eight organizations, including the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission – asks the court to increase the $50 fee that lawyers pay towards the public interest legal services fund, to
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Published: Oct. 1
Hospitals in Milwaukee County Fall Short on Community Charity Care Investments
Medical debt is a public health crisis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and across the country. A new report issued by ABC for Health, Inc. pushes hospitals in Milwaukee County to improve access to health coverage and care issues to justify extensive tax breaks and better serve patients affected by health disparities and medical debts.
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Published: Sep. 27
Some Wisconsin residents with unpaid medical bills from Advocate Aurora Health could get relief
Advocate Health, a nonprofit health system and corporate parent of Advocate Aurora Health, plans to cancel more than 11,500 liens placed on homes or other properties when people didn't pay their medical bills, and to forgive those debts, according to a news release.
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Published: Aug. 21
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Published: Aug. 10
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Published: Aug. 8
Milwaukee County Eliminates Birth Tax Inequity
ABC for Health, Inc. celebrates the expungement of over $67 million in medical debt actions against young families in Milwaukee County for birthing expenses. “This is a major policy victory”
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Published: Jul. 17
Law Foundation Grants Help Children, Families, and Access to Justice
Thanks to donations from State Bar members, the Wisconsin Law Foundation annually provides high-impact grants to programs that promote public understanding of the law and improve the administration of justice. Learn more about the grants an
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Published: Jul. 1
ABC for Health marks 30 years of benefits counseling, advocacy for vulnerable
When Bobby Peterson was a law school intern in 1985, he spent a summer on a project in Barron County learning about rural residents who lacked health coverage.
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Published: Jun. 25
ABC for Health, Inc. Celebrates 30 Years of Pushing for Health Equity & Social Justice
ABC for Health, Inc. (ABC) will be opening its doors to the community for an “Open House” on July 1, 2024. The event will celebrate 30 years of legal advocacy and health benefits counseling designed to help people in Wisconsin negatively affected by health disparities access the health care and coverage they need and deserve.
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Published: Jun. 4
Press Release: Gov. Evers, OCI, DHS Celebrate Five Successful Years of the Health Care Coverage Partnership
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Published: May. 21
Federal marijuana regulations, Health care for low-income families, Support for new Milwaukee chefs
A Democratic state senator weighs in on the Biden administration’s proposal to reduce restrictions on marijuana. Then, we hear about a new partnership in Wisconsin aiming to connect more eligible […]
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Published: May. 21
Partnership between law firm, free clinics is helping those cut off from health care coverage
ABC For Health says more than half of those receiving support under the partnership identify as Hispanic. Their primary language is Spanish.
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Published: Apr. 26
Honoring Wisconsin’s National Leader: Michelle Behnke
True leaders bring a vision for moving the mission and purpose of an organization forward, inspiring others along the way to work together toward a set of goals.
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Published: Apr. 25
Here’s what you need to know about medical debt in Wisconsin
Health care advocates argue that hospitals could be doing a lot more to help patients who can’t afford care. The legislature has also played a role in denying affordable health care coverage to 90,000 people across the state.
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Published: Mar. 6
Health care navigators, insurance regulators see increase in questionable sales pitches
With a growing number of people signing up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, regulators and health insurance navigators are seeing a troublesome counter-trend: an uptick in people enticed to sign up for coverage that isn’t right for them.
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Published: Feb. 14
Milwaukee County stops program that orders unwed fathers to repay Medicaid for childbirth costs
Milwaukee County is sunsetting a program that requires unwed fathers to repay Medicaid for a portion of childbirth costs for their children.
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Published: Jan. 18
Efforts to reduce overdoses, Recouping birth costs, Salting roads with cheese brine, Snowmobiling trails
We discuss how Wisconsin should use funding from legal settlements to reduce opioid-related overdoses. Then, we explore a program that collects money from unwed fathers to cover childbirth costs. Then, […]
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Published: Jan. 5
New rule ensures continued Medicaid coverage for children for a year
Children whose health care is covered by Medicaid will be guaranteed coverage for 12 months under a new federal requirement that took effect Jan. 1, the state health department announced Thursday.
