Senators Ron Johnson and Bernie Sanders unveiled vastly different bills this week that would change the country’s healthcare system. We look at the details and whether healthcare can gain traction in Congress again. We also look into the top Wisconsin stories of the week, including the end of a partnership between Harley Davidson and two prominent labor unions. Plus, what’s behind calls to ramp up testing for chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer population.
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State News Roundup For September 15, 2017
A small airport in Wisconsin Rapids would get $4 million in improvements as part of the new state budget, which passed in the State Assembly this week. The Associated Press reports that the airport has seen an influx of private jets since a Republican donor’s world-class golf course opened nearby. A state news editor joins us to talk about this and other top news from the past week.
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UW-Madison Veterinarian: Hunters Should Get Deer Tested For CWD This Year
Our guest veterinarian says there’s new suspicion that Chronic Wasting Disease could be passed to primates. We’ll find out why he says hunters should get the deer they harvest this year tested for CWD.
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The Latest Political Fight Over Health Care
The debate over health care has been divisive for years but reached a head with the passage of the Affordable Care Act–or, Obamacare–in 2010. Since then there have been a number of legal challenges to the bill. But while the ACA is still the law of the land, it still faces political challenges from both sides of the aisle. Philip Rocco, assistant professor of political science at Marquette University, joins us to talk about the latest political fights over health care.
Episode Credits
- Veronica Rueckert Host
- Amanda Magnus Producer
- Veronica Rueckert Producer
- J. Carlisle Larsen Producer
- Rob Mentzer Guest
- Keith Poulson Guest
- Philip Rocco Guest
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