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WMC Opposes Proposal to Drastically Cut Medicare Advantage Program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed drastically cutting the Medicare Advantage program. Many Wisconsin businesses rely on this program to provide

Reforms Needed to Bring Down Wisconsin’s 4th Highest Hospital Prices in the Country
Wisconsin’s healthcare costs are higher than the national average and a huge driver of those increased costs are higher hospital costs. This puts Wisconsin employers

WMC Calls on Congress to Pass clean Prescription Drug User Fee Act
In a letter to Wisconsin U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, WMC and other organizations, urged Congress to pass a clean Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA

WMC Submits Letter to the FTC in Support of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
WMC submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in support of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to help the FTC understand that the role of

IT SEEMS TO ME: Legislation would limit choices, raise costs
A January editorial in the Leader-Telegram misses the mark on the issue of white bagging. Additionally, the scenario the paper laid out is contradictory to

WMC Testifies Against Legislation that Would Eliminate “White Bagging” and Result in Higher Health Care Costs for Employers, Employees
WMC’s Director of Workforce, Education & Employment Policy Rachel Ver Velde testified at the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry against Senate Bill 753/Assembly

WMC Employer Coalition Submits Memo in Opposition to Legislation that Would Raise Health Care Costs
In February 2022, a WMC employer coalition made up of Wisconsin businesses concerned about health care costs, submitted a memo to the Assembly Committee on

WMC Applauds Supreme Court’s Stay of OSHA Vaccine & Testing Mandate
MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay OSHA’s Emergency

WMC: Elimination of “White Bagging” to Result in Higher Health Care Costs for Employers, Employees
MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – joined a coalition of fifty-three business groups and employers on

WMC Files an Amicus Brief in Federal Court Opposing President Biden’s Vaccine & Testing Mandate for Large Employers
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed against