WHA News Releases 2005

• News Release: Evidence Mounts: Caps Improve Health Care Access -- New Cap Reverses Loss of Docs in Texas, Improves Access to Care (12-13-05)

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• Hospitals and Health Networks: WISCONSIN Ahead of the Pack

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• News Statement: Veto of AB 766 -- Statement by WHA President Steve Brenton 12-2-05

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• News Release: GAO Report Reaches Wrong Conclusion on Health Care Costs -- Other Data Casts Doubt on Report's Findings (12/2/05)
  
  • Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives on GAO Findings on Competition in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (12/2/05)
• News Release: Actuarial Committee Recommends 25 Percent Fee Hike to Injured Patients Fund (12/1/05)
  
• News Release: Hospital Association Calls AG's Legal Action "Political Grandstanding" -- AG Action Does Nothing to Solve Problem of Uninsured (11/7/05)

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• News Release: Evidence Mounts: Wisconsin Headed Toward Medical Access Crisis -- National Study Suggests Fewer Docs In States Without Cap (11/3/05)
  
• News Release: Catholic Health Leader Tells Wisconsin Senate--Restore Cap; "Access to Care will Suffer" (10/27/05)
  
• News Release: Hospitals Applaud Bi-Partisan Vote to Reinstate Damage Cap (10/26/05)
  
• News Release: Evidence Mounts--Wisconsin Headed Toward Medical Access Crisis; Loss of Cap Causing Immediate Higher Pain and Suffering Awards (10/24/05)
  
• News Release: Evidence Mounts: Wisconsin Headed Toward Medical Access Crisis (10/18/05)
  
• News Release: New Study Confirms Urgent Need for Damage Caps (10/12/05)
  
  • Pinnacle Executive Summary

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• News Release: Manders Receives State Association's Lifetime Achievement Award (9/22/05)
  
• News Release: Petasnick Receives Hospital Association's Distinguished Service Award (9/22/05)
  
• News Release: Bekkedal Receives Hospital Association's Trustee Award(9/22/05)
  
• News Release: Wisconsin Hospitals See Rise in Patient Care, Unpaid Patient Care Expenses (9/26/05)
  
• News Release: Misleading Focus "GAO Report" Creates Wrong Conclusions (9/15/05)

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• News Release: Wisconsin Hospitals Part of National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives; 6,000 Lives in Wisconsin (9/8/05)
  
• News Release: Wisconsin Overwhelmingly Supports Medical Malpractice Cap (8/25/05)
  
  • Article: Wisconsin Puts Out the Welcome Mat for Trial Lawyers, The Wall Street Journal
    
  • Chart: And they believe that reinstating the caps should be a HIGH priority for state leaders
    
  • Chart: Voters across party lines are more likely to vote for state leaders who support a cap on non-economic damages
    
  • Chart: When voters are educated about the issue, they overwhelmingly support caps on non-economic damages
    
• News Release: State Budget Brings No Relief for Medicaid Payment Shortfalls (7/25/05)

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• Letter to the Editor--Steve Brenton and Susan Turney, MD: Damage Caps on Medical Liability Awards Protect Access to Care (7/20/05)

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• News Release: High Court Ruling Could Limit Access to Medical Care - "Rural and inner city areas could be hardest hit" (7/14/05)

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• News Release: WHA Responds to Scruggs Lawsuits Filed Against Wisconsin Hospitals (6/14/05)
  
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 3 state hospitals sued over rates for uninsured patients (6/14/05)
    

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• News Release: Wisconsin Hospital Association Applauds Joint Finance Medicaid Package (6/9/05)
  
• Letter to the Editor: Make Medicaid a Priority in the State Budget (5/23/05)

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• News Release: Wisconsin Hospitals Work To Identify, Assist Low-Income Uninsured (5/12/05)

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• News Release: Health Care Peformance Reporting Online (5/6/05)

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• News Release: Milwaukee Health Care Study Confirms Magnitude of Medicaid "Hidden Tax" (3/17/05)

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• News Release: Hospitals Seek New Ways to Move, Lift Patients
  "Use of equipment, proper body mechanics help nurses avoid injury" (3/15/05)

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• News Release: Cigarette Tax Hikes Finds Overwhelming Support in State -- 77 percent of those surveyed support increasing the tax (2/24/05)
  
  • Cigarette Tax Poll Results

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• News Release: On-line Access to Hospital Charge Information Now Available -- Web site shows charges from all Wisconsin hospitals (2/11/05)
  
  Frequently Asked Questions About "PricePoint"

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• News Release: Hospital Association Responds to Governor's Budget (2/8/05)
  

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• News Release: WHA and WMC Voice Support for Doyle Medicaid Plan -- First Step Towards Repealing the "Hidden Health Care Tax" on Business (1/20/05)

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• News Release: Wisconsin Council Acts to Stem Physician Shortage (1/13/05)