Wis. gov creates office to help understand how new HCR works and how it will affect residents

[babylonsister]

Great idea! Someone is thinking of their constituents. I hope this catches on.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EUDOOG1.htm

Wis. gov creates office to implement health care

By DINESH RAMDE


Gov. Jim Doyle announced the creation of a new office Wednesday to help Wisconsin residents and businesses understand how the new federal health care law will affect them.

The Wisconsin Office of Health Care Reform will make sure the state complies with federally mandated requirements and deadlines, the Democratic governor said. That includes creating the framework for a so-called health insurance purchase exchange, a Web site where people will be able to easily compare different health care plans.

Doyle said the exchange will allow people to buy health insurance or search for more economical plans and will enable small businesses to band together to help bring costs down.

Wisconsin officials had been planning to create such an exchange regardless of whether the federal legislation was approved, which means the state has a head-start in implementing the federal mandates and will start seeing benefits sooner, Doyle said.

"When national reform is fully implemented, the rest of the country will look like Wisconsin does today," Doyle said during a news conference at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.

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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EUDOOG1.htm

[elocs]

1. Nice, although Doyle is about a popular here as a cold sore. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. Hmmm. I know nothing about him, but give him props for trying.

Sorry he's so unpopular. Is that because he's a dick, a Dem, or both?

[elocs]

3. He's a Dem, is not seeking reelection, is not popular with anyone really.

He is smart not to run because he would lose badly.