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Tag: Early Innovator Grant
Send Strings: Make the Dangers of the Early Innovator Grant Clear Written by Kirsten – From WI 9/12 Project Monday, 09 January 2012 00:01 Last month, I wrote about the claim of Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) that the Early Innovator Grant (EIG) Governor Walker accepted on behalf of the State of Wisconsin in February 2011 came with no strings attached. Those who’ve been following this issue already know that the EIG has strings o’plenty. First and foremost, acceptance of EIG funds obligates recipient states to plan and implement an Obamacare-compliant health insurance exchange. That means Wisconsin has been in the process of implementing and complying with Obamacare for at least the past year. As noted in previous articles on this site, we’ve seen the evidence. Wisconsin’s Obamacare compliant exchange is definitely well underway…much further than most people realize. If we don’t do something about it soon, it will indeed be too late. Someone has taken this reality to heart and raised the matter to a creative new level. We’re delighted. Remember back when the Tea Party got its start–how many people put tea bags into envelopes and sent them to elected officials? That concrete message, particularly in…
From the WI 9/12 Project Website…Great Job Kirsten! Tell Governor Walker It’s Time to Sever the Early Innovator Grant Agreement Written by Kirsten Tuesday, 13 December 2011 13:38 Members of the Wisconsin 9/12 Project were pleased to see on November 30th that Governor Walker had listened to informed citizens and ordered the rescission of Emergency Rule 1117. The rule brought the state into compliance with provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka Obamacare). While we’re still watching the situation carefully and awaiting the actual rescission, we thank and applaud Governor Walker for making an excellent first step in truly protecting the State of Wisconsin and its citizens against egregious federal overreach and beginning to restore greater integrity to the 26-state lawsuit challenging Obamacare’s constitutionality. However, the battle to protect Wisconsin in the healthcare arena is not yet over. Wisconsin has still not returned $49 million in federal Obamacare grant funds that it accepted in February. We know that $38 million of the total was an Early Innovator Grant (EIG), provided for the express purpose of building a PPACA-compliant healthcare exchange. According to the Office of the Governor, the remaining $11 million was intended for upgrades to…
