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The surest way to improve the healthcare that Wisconsinites receive is to enable people to get the greatest satisfaction at the most favorable price via a free and transparent market.

Eight states, including neighboring Minnesota and Michigan, have authorized dental therapist programs statewide. Dental therapists are mid-level providers who perform preventive, restorative and intermediate restorative procedures.

Healthcare What’s New Government Transparency Analysis: Children’s mental health and the curious case of crisis spendingBy Mark LisheronJanuary 26, 2023…

Wisconsin could help lead the nation in empowering patient-consumers to seek care in a functioning market with upfront transparent pricing.

Sem, Niederjohn of Concordia University Wisconsin will conduct health care research

Of all the wasteful impulses many politicians have, one of the worst is giving big tax breaks to dying industries.

Michael Jahr joined a panel of experts to discuss how expanding the dental therapy profession in Wisconsin would bridge the access gap for many individuals through use of free market principles.

At the height of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, correctional and other public safety agencies in Wisconsin bought at least 55 disinfection robots at a cost of more than $2.2 million.

Research indicates a correlation between proper dental hygiene, including regular dental visits, and a lower risk of serious COVID infection and complications, according to a recent study out of Cairo University.

Local governments, awash in federal cash, still trying to spend down millions from the CARES Act 

Dental therapists could help address oral care shortage
By Anne Trautner
June 23, 2021

The Albrecht Free Clinic in West Bend gets calls daily from Medicaid patients in need of dental care.

Downplayed by the media, two very different COVID-19 outcomes for the old and young

Wisconsin stumbled early getting shots into arms. Here’s what happened.

A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools

Two very different COVID-19 responses produce different economic outcomes in Hudson, WI, and Stillwater, MN

As stimulus rules supercharge costs, pressure grows to expand the unaccountable program in Wisconsin

Legislation would provide access to hundreds of thousands of underserved Wisconsinites

Families turn to private schools as MPS ignores federal entreaties and keeps classrooms shut

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testified in favor of 2021 SB 181 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing, and Forestry on March 17, 2021.

2021 SB 181 would provide for the licensure of dental therapists, who are health care practitioners who may engage in the limited practice of dentistry.