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‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Bobby Peterson of My Coverage Plan (Wisconsin Technology Council, December 12, 2024)

Madison hospitals should make getting financial help easier, advocate report says (Wisconsin State Journal, December 10, 2024)

PRESS RELEASE: Most Hospitals in Dane County Fail on Community Charity Care Investments (ABC for Health, December 10, 2024)

Entrepreneurs pare their pitches at the 2024 Elevator Pitch Olympics (Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, November 20, 2024)

2024 Early Stage Symposium – It’s a Wrap! (Wisconsin Technology Council's Post, LinkedIn, November 19, 2024)

And the winners are (MKE Startup News, November 18, 2024)

Unpaid medical care is again on the rise in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Public Radio, November 14, 2024)

Madison hospital financial gains up last year but lower from patients (Wisconsin State Journal, November 4, 2024)

PRESS RELEASE: Medical Debt Pain Increases for Wisconsin Patients (ABC for Health, November 1, 2024)

Emerging firms will pitch over two days at 2024 Early Stage Symposium in Madison (Wisconsin Technology Council, October 30, 2024)

PRESS ADVISORY: ABC for Health and HealthWatch Wisconsin Present a Medical Debt Symposium in Milwaukee (ABC for Health, October 16, 2024)

Legal Aid Groups Seek Increase to Annual Fee Assessed to Wisconsin Lawyers (State Bar of WI Inside Track, October 2, 2024)

PRESS RELEASE: Hospitals in Milwaukee County Fall Short on Community Charity Care Investments (ABC for Health, October 1, 2024)

Some Wisconsin residents with unpaid medical bills from Advocate Aurora Health could get relief (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 27, 2024)

ABC for Health = “Advocacy and Benefits Counseling” This program originally aired on WORT 89.9FM and streamed at http://www.wortfm.org. (WORT FM, August 21, 2024)

Milwaukee County eliminates birth tax, Dane County to follow (Channel3000, August 10, 2024)

PRESS RELEASE: Milwaukee County Eliminates Birth Tax Inequity (ABC for Health, August 8, 2024)

Law Foundation Grants Help Children, Families, and Access to Justice (State Bar of WI Inside Track, July 17, 2024)

ABC for Health marks 30 years of benefits counseling, advocacy for vulnerable (Wisconsin Examiner, July 1, 2024)

PRESS ADVISORY: ABC for Health, Inc. Celebrates 30 Years of Pushing for Health Equity and Social Justice (ABC for Health, June 25, 2024)

Gov. Evers, OCI, DHS Celebrate Five Successful Years of the Health Care Coverage Partnership (Official Website for Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers - Press Releases, June 4, 2024)

Audio: Partnership between law firm, free clinics is helping those cut off from health care coverage (Wisconsin Public Radio - Heard on Wisconsin Today, Air Date May 21, 2024)

Partnership between law firm, free clinics is helping those cut off from health care coverage (Wisconsin Public Radio, May 21, 2024)

Law Foundation Grants Help Children, Families, and Access to Justice (WI Law Foundation "Impact Newsletter", Spring 2024)

Here’s what you need to know about medical debt in Wisconsin (Up North News, April 25, 2024)

Health care navigators, insurance regulators see increase in questionable sales pitches (Wisconsin Examiner, March 6, 2024)

Milwaukee County stops program that orders unwed fathers to repay Medicaid for childbirth costs (Wisconsin Public Radio, February 14, 2024)

Wisconsin leads nation in birth cost recovery (Wisconsin Public Radio - The Morning Show, January 18, 2024)

New rule ensures continued Medicaid coverage for children for a year (Wisconsin Examiner, January 5, 2024)

Charity care drops at SSM Health St. Mary's but mostly holds steady at other hospitals (Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 2023)

Dane, Milwaukee counties stop making unwed fathers pay for Medicaid birth costs (Wisconsin State Journal, December 4, 2023)

ABC For Health Helps Navigate Healthcare Choices This program originally aired on WORT 89.9FM and streamed at http://www.wortfm.org. (WORT FM, November 15, 2023)

PRESS RELEASE: Birth Tax Medical Collections Curtailed in Wisconsin's Largest Counties (ABC for Health, November 15, 2023)

Milwaukee County stops taking fathers to court to pay back Medicaid for childbirth costs (News from the States, A Project of States Newsroom, November 14, 2023)

Civil Legal Aid: $176 Million Impact (Wisconsin Lawyer, November 9, 2023)

PRESS RELEASE: Patient Medical Debt and Inequities Persist (ABC for Health, October 26, 2023)

With annual enrollment resuming, Wisconsin reports early Medicaid renewal numbers (Wisconsin Examiner, July 21, 2023)

Law Foundation Grants Help Children, Families, and Access to Justice (State Bar of WI Inside Track, June 7, 2023)

As Pandemic Emergency Ends, Medicaid “Unwinding” Means More Complicated Renewals This program originally aired on WORT 89.9FM and streamed at http://www.wortfm.org. (WORT FM, April 28, 2023)

Medicaid covers 1.6 million in Wisconsin. Now they face ‘unwinding.’ (Cap Times, April 26, 2023)

Medicaid re-enrollment restarts (Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time, March 23, 2023)

Law Foundation Grants Available for Charitable and Public Education Programs (State Bar of WI Inside Track, March 1, 2023)

As COVID-19 emergencies end, Wisconsin prepares for Medicaid upheaval (Wisconsin State Journal, February 1, 2023)

Prairie du Sac girl travels 1,000 miles for $2.7 million surgery to rebuild immune system (Wisconsin State Journal, January 20, 2023)

Dane County Takes In 2 Million In Birth Tax After Calling To End The Practice This program originally aired on WORT 89.9FM and streamed at http://www.wortfm.org. (WORT FM, December 15, 2022)

Report criticizes counties that continue to claw back Medicaid birth costs (Wisconsin Examiner, December 14, 2022)

PRESS RELEASE: Merchants of Debt: Wisconsin Counties and the Birth Tax (ABC for Health, December 14, 2022)

Report finds hospital charity care declined, medical debt rose in 2021 (Wisconsin Examiner, November 15, 2022)

PRESS RELEASE: Hospital Uncompensated Care Report: Bad Debt and Inequities Grow in Wisconsin (ABC for Health, November 3, 2022)

8 updates on medical debt (Becker's Hospital Review, October 20, 2022)

Report calls on health care providers to provide more help to patients in debt (Wisconsin Examiner, October 18, 2022)

Medical debt 'collections machine' restarting in Wisconsin after pandemic pause: report (Becker's Hospital Review, October 12, 2022)

Medical debt lawsuits, paused early in pandemic, ramping up in Wisconsin, report says (Wisconsin State Journal, October 11, 2022)

PRESS RELEASE: Report - Medical Debt and Collections in Wisconsin: Restarting the Collections Machine (ABC for Health, October 11, 2022)

A Matter of Life and Debt (The Progressive, September 8, 2022)

Bobby Peterson on the Inflation Reduction Act and Healthcare (WPT "Here and Now", August 19, 2022)

Helping Children, Families, Immigrants, and Access to Justice through Law Foundation Grants (State Bar of WI "InsideTrack", August 17, 2022)

Thousands could lose BadgerCare health coverage this year: How to prepare and what to know (Channel 3000, March 13, 2022)

Wisconsin Hospitals Unevenly Sue Patients Over Medical Debt, New Study Finds (WPR, January 10, 2022)

The most-watched 'Here & Now' interviews of 2021 (PBS Wisconsin, December 28, 2021)

PRESS RELEASE: Report - Despite COVID, Medical Debt Lawsuits Continue at Some Wisconsin Hospitals (ABC for Health, December 16, 2021)

ABC for Health will help you wade through the healthcare jungle (WORT 89.9 FM, December 15, 2021)

Grants aim to help organizations promote COVID-19 vaccine (WEAU NBC 13, December 10, 2021)

Rise in Uncompensated Medical Care Continues: Bad debt, charity care rose 3.8 percent for Wisconsin hospitals in 2020 (Wisconsin Public Radio, November 16, 2021)

PRESS RELEASE: Report - Uncompensated Care - and Inequities - Grow in Wisconsin (ABC for Health, November 15, 2021)

Medical debt collection harms patient finances, reports say (Wisconsin State Journal, July 4, 2021)

Wisconsin Health Systems File Thousands of Lawsuits: Johns Hopkins (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 21, 2021) (Subscription required)

PRESS RELEASE: Report: Patients Sued for Medical Debt Lack Legal Help (ABC for Health, June 9, 2021)
Read the Report: Medical Debt & Collections: A Better Way Forward for Wisconsin

Bill protects coverage for prior health conditions, but critics say it falls short (Wisconsin Examiner, April 14, 2021)

American Rescue Plan’s Impact on Affordable Care Act (PBS Wisconsin's Here & Now, March 19, 2021)

Walker administration’s BadgerCare work mandates blocked by Biden (Wisconsin Examiner, February 16, 2021)

HealthCare.gov Special Sign-Up Period Starts Monday (WPR, February 15, 2021)

Federal health insurance marketplace reopens for three months (Wisconsin Examiner, February 15, 2021)

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