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- Time to pass hospital assessment
Guest editorial: Business Journal of Milwaukee, April 18, 2008 - Wisconsin Hospital Association Launches
Statewide Ad Campaign
Wisconsin Hospital Association news release, April 15, 2008 - Letter to the Editor: Control costs by assessing
hospitals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7, 2008 - Editorial: Legislators need to stop
grandstanding
Spooner Advocate, April 2, 2008 - Hospital assessment makes fiscal sense
BizTimes Daily blog, April 1, 2008 - Online poll: Should the state
legislature pass the hospital assessment? (PDF)
Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 28, 2008 - Editorial: Hospital tax should be passed
Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 21, 2008 - Editorial: Oxymoron: a popular tax
Ozaukee Press, March 20, 2008 - Editorial: Quit posturing and get to work
Racine Times, March 19, 2008 - Poll finds strong voter support for
hospital assessment
News release from Wisconsin Hospital Association, March 18, 2008 - Editorial: Seeing the light on tax
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 18, 2008 - Hospital tax gets a big boost
Wisconsin State Journal, March 15, 2008 - Business lobby backs hospital tax
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 14, 2008 - WMC supports attracting increased federal
funding for Medicaid (PDF)
News release from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, March 14, 2008 - Hospitals, MMAC: 'Stop the Shift'
Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 14, 2008 - Businesses, community groups and health
providers announce coalition to "stop the shift" (PDF)
News release from StopTheShift.org, March 14, 2008 - Greater Milwaukee Committee announces support
for hospital assessment (PDF)
News release from the Greater Milwaukee Committee, March 13, 2008 - MMAC supports hospital assessment as antidote for
"hidden health care tax" (PDF)
News release from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, March 12, 2008 - Community health centers support
hospital assessment plan (PDF)
News release from the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association, March 11, 2008 - Milwaukee health systems support hospital tax
Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 11, 2008 - Guest editorial: Hospital assessment can help
solve budget deficit
Business Journal of Milwaukee guest editorial, March 7, 2008 - Doyle calls special session to address budget
shortfall
Small Business Times, March 5, 2008 - Editorial: Hospital tax needed to ease
budget crunch
Appleton Post Crescent, Feb. 28, 2008 - Editorial: A tax that lowers costs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 25, 2008 - Editorial: Hospital Tax Pays For Itself
The Capital Times, Feb. 25, 2008 - Guest editorial: Legislature must fix
Medicaid reimbursement inequities
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 11, 2007 - Legislature needs to pass hospital tax, by
John Oliverio
Guest editorial: Business Journal of Milwaukee, Nov. 2, 2007