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Maternal Health Care in Rural Wisconsin

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According to national statistics, more than 54% of rural counties have no hospital-based obstetrics services, leaving 18 million reproductive-age rural women without access to care. Here in Wisconsin, there are twenty counties with no practicing OB-GYN. What are the consequences of these barriers to women’s health in rural areas? Today on the show, guest host […]

Physician Calls for Creation of a Patients’ Union

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Hooman Norchashm is a cardio-thoracic surgeon in Philadelphia who has gotten fed up with the way his medical profession — and other health-related industries, such as insurance companies — treat patients.  Norchashm has called for the creation of a new patient’s union, or in Norchashm’s own more militant terms, “a strike force” to fight for […]

What to Know About the Health Insurance Open Enrollment Period

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Wednesday marks the first day of open enrollment in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, for 2018. Despite GOP efforts over the past months to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the program remains largely unchanged.   WORT producer Nina Kravinsky asked ABC for Health Executive Director Bobby Peterson what you need […]

Split Show: Health Care Update/Cathy Myers Announces Congressional Run...

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In our first segment, Ken Robinson joins to discuss how health care changes will affect his work. Robinson is a certified nursing assistant and SEIU member who works at a 150-resident nursing home in Milwaukee where sixty percent of the residents receive Medicaid. Our second segment features Cathy Myers, a Janesville School Board member who […]

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