Contact: Elizabeth Shimek, 608-237-9166 Madison – Forward Wisconsin, a project of the Wisconsin Legislative Democrats aimed at lifting constituent voices supporting the Medicaid Expansion, will launch with a video featuring Representative Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) May 7th, 2019 at 3:30 pm. Who: Forward Wisconsin; Representative Greta Neubauer What: Forward Wisconsin Launch When: TUESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2018; 3:30pm Where: ForwardWisc.com; facebook.com/forwardwisc; twitter.com/forward_wisc Under Governor Tony Evers’ proposed budget, completing the Medicaid expansion would provide affordable, accessible healthcare to an estimated 82,000 people in Wisconsin. It would save over $300 million, and the reinvestment of that money in evidence-based health programs would bring $1.6 billion

Contact: [email protected] 202-224-6225 Senators Working to Provide Tools to Stop Spread of Fatal, Contagious Disease in Deer, Elk Herds WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced the Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act, bipartisan legislation to establish a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) research grant program. CWD, which poses a serious threat to deer populations, is a fatal and contagious neurological disorder that has been documented in both captive and live herds in 26 states across the country, including Wisconsin. “In Wisconsin, we have a proud, longstanding tradition of hunting and enjoying the great outdoors. But season after

For more information, contact Olivia Hwang, Director of Public Affairs  |  (608) 267-9460  | [email protected] Madison, Wis. — The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) released a report today that confirmed premiums on the individual market were 7 to 11 percent lower in states that expanded Medicaid than in states that did not. The report was produced for OCI by an independent actuarial firm. “The evidence is clear: states that expand Medicaid see a reduction in the cost of health insurance on the individual market,” said Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. “There is a lot of misinformation being used in this discussion, so we

Contact: Iris Riis 608-256-7549 x2132 [email protected] MADISON – Both the Senate and Assembly will today hold hearings on multiple bills that are not based in the reality of providing health care. These bills are being brought forward solely to spread misinformation about abortion and distract from the popular health care proposals in Governor Tony Evers’ budget. Statement from Mel Barnes, Legal and Policy Director at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin: “These bills are intended to intentionally mislead people about abortion care. They are being advanced by politicians who want to make all abortion a crime. Over the last several years, anti-women’s health

CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) Assembly Republicans Miss the Mark on Women’s Health Republican-led Health Committee Hears Divisive Reproductive Health Bills as GOP Leadership Cuts Medicaid Expansion from Budget, Leaving “Healthy Women, Healthy Babies” Initiative Unfunded MADISON – Today, the Assembly Committee on Health will hold a public hearing on Assembly Bills 179, 180, 181, 182, and 183. Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) released the following statement regarding the planned hearing. “We have a real opportunity to come together to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies by expanding Medicaid and implementing Governor Evers’s groundbreaking Healthy Women, Healthy Babies initiative. Instead, Assembly

Media Contact: Cecely Castillo (608) 251-0139 x3 Focus Must be on Expanding Medicaid and Healthy Women Healthy Babies Initiative MADISON – Just as the Republican controlled Joint Finance Committee (JFC) is getting ready to make some very unpopular decisions related proposals made in Governor Evers budget, the Republican controlled legislative committees rush to hold hearings on four politically motivated bills on abortion in attempt to draw some attention away. “These bills represent a thinly veiled effort by Republican state legislators to advance their anti-abortion agenda under the guise of protecting women’s health and anti-discrimination legislation,” notes Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health Executive