Opinion | How This Rural Wisconsin County Put Publicly Funded, Non-Profit, National Health Care on the Ballot

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Opinion | How This Rural Wisconsin County Put Publicly Funded, Non-Profit, National Health Care on the Ballot
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Is it possible that the people of these rural communities, under the stress of a broken health care system, can spark a movement to fix health care for the nation?

Citizens of Dunn County, Wisconsin, have a plan to place national, publicly-funded health care for everyone on their November 8th county ballot. In June and July at meetings of the County Board of Supervisors, many spoke of a broken health care system and their proposal to fix it.

On July 27, 2022, between the pledge of allegiance and the story of how the county fair proceeded despite the windstorm that took out the electric milking machines, they stepped to the microphone at theto insist that those who represent them allow their voices to be heard in a ballot referendum. Tom Walsh told of his son, a small business owner, who, since the Affordable Care Act, has paid $750 a month for insurance with a $5,000 deductible. “He can get one physical exam a year—that will be free…but the rest of it he pays out of his pocket.

Retired physician Lorene Vedder ended her comments by asking those in the audience who supported putting this measure on the November 8th ballot to please stand. All rose.Legislative Committee Meeting

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