Tag: Healthcare exchanges

Here is the link to one of the press releases on the implementation of a WI healthcare exchange by Gov. Walker. An Open Letter to Governor Scott Walker

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…