Browsing: Licensing and Regulation

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testifies in favor of 2019 SB 89 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on August 21, 2019

2019 SB 89 would provide for the licensure of dental therapists, who are health care practitioners who may engage in the limited practice of dentistry.

The creation of the dental therapy profession in Wisconsin through Senate Bill 89 would be an important step in improving access to and usage of dental care for disadvantaged and underserved populations in Wisconsin and potentially reducing negative economic and societal costs associated with poor oral health.

Wisconsin is one of the worst-performing states in the country at providing dental care for disadvantaged kids

Nationally and across the states, policy-makers from both parties are supporting less burdensome licensure rules

Fewer barriers mean barbers and stylists are now free to own and grow their businesses beyond shops and salons

Wisconsin should join neighbors Minnesota and Michigan, and several other states, in authorizing the creation of these licensed mid-level professionals

What is occupational licensing? How does it affect labor markets, wages, prices and interstate migration? Morris Kleiner, professor and AFL-CIO chair in Labor Policy at the University of Minnesota and author of “At What Cost? State and National Estimates of the Economic Cost of Occupational Licensing,” discusses his research at the Badger Institute’s Policy Symposium.

Wisconsin has a dental access problem, especially for low-income individuals, says Morris Kleiner, professor at the University of Minnesota. Kleiner explains how allowing dental therapists could provide the solution. Kleiner’s presentation was delivered at the Badger Institute’s Policy Symposium.

Reform would address WI provider shortage, particularly for children on Medicaid.

New report doesn’t include comparisons with other states and policy recommendations

With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles

If Wisconsin allowed dental therapists, more kids would have access to care, proponents say

Measure eliminates Wisconsin’s arbitrary higher exam scores, which had fenced out many aspiring chiropractors.

It would seem a simple question to ask of any public agency: How much money do you spend and on what?

Wisconsin’s ‘arbitrary’ exam scores fencing out many young professionals

‘I have to do a lot of paperwork and spend time testing my kids instead of teaching my kids’

Federal requirements in special ed are especially burdensome, educators tell Badger Institute in survey

Early childhood and special education teacher Sheila Noordzy has her hands full teaching a class of 18 3-to-5-year-old children in the Chequamegon School District in Park Falls. She often puts in long hours, partly due to federal paperwork that takes her away from working with the children. Federal requirements in special education are especially burdensome, educators tell the Badger Institute in a survey.

Badger State requires higher score on national exam than most other states

Palmer College chiropractic student Amanda Berkley testifies in favor of 2017 AB 834 before the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform on January 18, 2018

2017 AB 834 would lower score required for successful completion of chiropractic examinations.