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Group Says WI Not Doing Enough To Promote Obamacare

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If you sign up, there’s a good chance Wisconsin will get money from Washington. And that money will help develop new jobs in the state.

That theory is being promoted by Citizen Action of Wisconsin as an incentive to get uninsured people to enroll in Obamacare before the deadline of next Monday. Citizen Action director Robert Kraig is frustrated because Wisconsin state leaders are not doing much to encourage people to enroll in the health program, by running commercials about enrollment.

 

Kraig says that compared to Wisconsin, only West Virginia is doing worse in signing up younger residents for the federal health care coverage.

 

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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