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Business Community Looks for Lower Costs in Face of Historic Inflation
September 12, 2023
Survey Shows Employers Support Policies to Reduce Taxes, Rein in Health Care Costs MADISON – A recent survey found Wisconsin employers continue to struggle with

High Health Care Costs Hurting Wisconsin’s Economic Competitiveness
March 13, 2023
By Willard T. Walker, Jr. Wisconsin health care costs are some of the highest in the nation, placing a growing burden on our local businesses’

WMC Opposes Proposal to Drastically Cut Medicare Advantage Program
March 3, 2023
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
June 29, 2022
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
May 20, 2022
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
April 22, 2022
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
February 22, 2022
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
February 16, 2022
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
February 10, 2022
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
January 13, 2022
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