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Wisconsin fails in report on health insurance protection
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La Crosse Tribune
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June 13, 2008
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- Rindfleisch, Terry
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A new report gives Wisconsin a failing grade in providing consumer protections in the individual health insurance market.
The first ever 50-state survey of the regulatory efforts of states shows Wisconsin is poor in many key regulatory areas.
At a press conference Thursday in La Crosse, Ann Vogel of Citizen Action of Wisconsin said insurance companies in Wisconsin can deny health coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, refuse to pay for services needed to treat common ailments and deny payments when consumers face a rash of medical bills.
The group unveiled a guy dressed in a cow suit for a new state grassroots campaign, "got healthcare?" to show politicians that health care is on ...