Contact state officials in support of Citizen Action's COVID-19 response platform

Contact Governor Evers and the State Legislature in Support of Citizen Action's COVID-19 Response Platform

 

Now that Governor Evers and state officials have moved decisively to mandate social distancing, we have a much better chance of slowing the pandemic and preventing our hospitals from being overwhelmed. The next critical thing Wisconsin can do is universal COVID-19 testing and treatment. This is the only way to identify everyone who has been infected, and interrupt the deadly chains of disease transmission. We need to start by testing and treating everyone with symptoms, and then test community-wide to identify seemingly healthy people spreading the infection.

First, we must make cost-free all medical follow up and treatment that results from seeking a test, both for COVID-19 and any other urgent medical issues that are discovered. Second, we must make it crystal clear to the public that they will receive no medical bills. This is the only way to assure that hard pressed working and middle class Wisconsinites are not deterred from testing and treatment by ruinous costs.

Citizen Action has a commonsense plan COVID-19 health care plan.

1) Use emergency powers granted by the federal government to deploy BadgerCare to guarantee that everyone has health coverage during the pandemic. These powers include removing all barriers to quick enrollment, cost sharing, and work requirements, suspension of cancellation, eliminating cost sharing and work requirements, and allowing medical providers to presume that uninsured people are eligible. 

2) Immediately expand BadgerCare by accepting the Medicaid Expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act . This would both cover at least 75,000 more people, and free up $340 million that can be immediately deployed in the fight to contain COVID-19, including Wisconsin getting its fair share of testing kits and critical medical supplies.

3) Mandate that health insurance plans pay fully for all treatment resulting from seeking medical attention for COVID-19. So far, Wisconsin has only recommended that insurers suspend copays and deductibles. If this creates too much of a burden on health insurers, Wisconsin can suspend hospital price gouging by requiring them to accept Medicare rates for all treatment that results from a COVID-19 test.

 

Send an email to Governor Tony Evers and the State Legislature telling them that you support this platform.

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Support affordable COVID-19 treatment for everyone

Dear Governor Evers and Legislators,

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