The View From Here
Agency sees progress – and more work – in AIDS fight
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin opened 25 years ago to help AIDS patients die with dignity. Today, the center helps people with HIV live long and healthy lives.
May 10th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
MPTV campaigns for a Fit Generation
MPTV has been airing healthy programming for kids for decades. Their new campaign goes one step further
Apr 26th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Lessons from the global south
A health system that doesn’t guarantee primary or preventive medicine as a basic human right – can it really be called "the best?”
Apr 19th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Cutting through the red tape
Wisconsin has consumer advocates for seniors covered by Medicare, why not have advocates for younger people who need coverage and can't find it?
Apr 5th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
New law gets Wisconsin close to health care for all
Particularly disingenuous about the “you-can’t-make-us-buy-insurance” mentality is the fact that most people already have coverage.
Mar 29th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
UCC’s Healthy Latino Families initiative targets childhood obesity
Michelle Obama should call Milwaukee's United Community Center for advice on her campaign to end childhood obesity.
Mar 22nd, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Why your uninsured neighbor costs you money
When patients can’t afford to pay their medical bills, doctors and hospitals pass along those uncompensated fees through higher prices on individuals and businesses with private health insurance.
Mar 15th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Mental health “parity” is serious business
What the state’s mental parity bill really boils down to is fairness. A person who needs treatment for bipolar disease is no different than a person who needs treatment for heart disease.
Mar 8th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Have you visited your death panel today?
The real problem with the “death panel” rhetoric is that it preys on some people’s fears that advance directives are part of a sinister plot to ration medical care for the elderly.
Mar 1st, 2010 by Julie Sneider
