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Wisconsin State
Council of Machinists Retired member Dan Watland and LL 1502 President Joe DeRosia represented our members at the spring IAM State Council of Machinists held March 18-20, 2007 in Madison, WI. The main focus of the event was Monday March 19th, when members spent the day on Capitol Hill meeting with our legislators. As we all know, there are several issues before our legislators. The main topic we discussed was healthcare. Currently there are three proposed healthcare reform plans before our Wisconsin legislators. In Addition, the governor has proposed a program called the Badger Care Plus program (a proposed reform of the current Badger Care System). The WI Health Care Partnership Plan is the current plan supported by the AFL-CIO. Below you will find links to more in depth detail of each individual plan. Keep in mind that the possibility of any on these plans passing in its entirety is slim, but I am confident some reform will pass. · WI Health Care Partnership Plan: http://www.wisaflcio.org/ (In the left there are links to ‘plan overview’ and ‘full plan description’ as well as the actual bill which was introduced last year as Senate Bill 698, it has not yet been introduced in this legislative session.) · WI Health Security Act: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/SB51hst.html (This legislation has been introduced in the State Legislature as Senate Bill 51). · WI Health Plan: Actual Assembly Bill introduced March 2006: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-1140.pdf (This legislation was introduced last session as Assembly Bill 1140, but has not yet been introduced in this legislative session. See also the Wisconsin Health Plan website: http://www.wisconsinhealthproject.org/plan/index.htm). · BadgerCare Plus Overview. In announcing his "Affordability Agenda" in January 2006, Governor Jim Doyle stated that "no child should ever be without health insurance.
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