Community Advocates Public Policy Institute

News Releases

2011

• Remarks submitted by David R. Riemer to Wisconsin Department of Health Services Town Hall Meeting on Medicaid Savings Initiatives (Oct. 21)

• To Hold Down Health Care Costs, State Exhcanges Must Allow Insurers to Compete Where They Want To (Oct. 6)

• Swift, Decisive Government Action Can Reduce Poverty (Sept. 14)

• Kathleen Falk, Statewide Experts to Craft Strategies to Increase State's Addiction, Mental Health Treatment During Conferece, Aug. 10 in Madison (Aug. 5)

• Join the Celebration on July 5 for the One-Year Anniversary of Wisconsin’s Smoke-Free Workplaces Law (July 1)

• Remarks submitted by David R. Riemer to the Joint Committee of Finance hearing on the proposed biennial budget (April 15)

• David R. Riemer's testimony to DHS Secretary Dennis Smith and Deputy Secretary Kitty Rhoades during the department's listening session detailing ways to reduce the cost of BadgerCare (April 14)

• New UWM Study Shows Clean Air Means Fewer Upper Respiratory Symptoms for Wisconsin Bartenders (March 15)

• Dane County Experts to Discuss Mental Health, Addiction Treatment During Free Symposium, Feb. 17 (Feb. 9)

• As New Year Dawns, National and State Job Gap Crisis Remains Severe (Jan. 7)

2010

• Milwaukee Investigation Shows Slight Increase in Tobacco Sales to Minors
  (Dec. 14)

• New Surgeon General's Report on Immediate Harm from Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Shows Need for Smoke-Free Law, Tobacco Programs (Dec. 13)

• Federal Study: Wisconsin Continues to Suffer from Binge Drinking, Massive Treatment Gap (Nov. 10)

• New Report Shows Smoking Boosts Alzheimer's Risk (Nov. 4)

• David Riemer Named To National Insurance Panel to Guide Health Care Reform Implementation (Sept. 15)

• David Riemer to Bring National Profile, Expertise to State Health Care Reform Committee (July 19)

• Milwaukee Bars and Restaurants to Go Smoke-Free Today (July 5)

• Racine Drug Court Judge Ptacek to Headline Expert Panel for Mental Health, Addiction Symposium, June 29 in Racine (June 21)

• Smoking’s Annual Toll on Milwaukee: 730 Dead, $500 Per Person in Health Care Costs (June 14)

• In Face of Massive Jobs Shortage Congress Should Approve Local Jobs Act for America to Increase Employment in Milwaukee (June 3)

• June 29 Symposium in Racine to Explore Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder Treatment (June 3)

• State Moves to Parity for Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Badgercare Benchmark Plan (May 10)

• Community Advocates Encourages State Senate to Pass Wisconsin Family Jobs Act to Increase Employment Statewide (April 19)

• Wisconsin Family Jobs Act a Much-Needed Step Toward Increasing Employment, Decreasing Job Gap in Wisconsin (April 14)  

• Low-Income Workers Can Receive Advance On State Earned Income Credit
  (March 12)

2009

• Making Parity Real Symposium Explores State Policy Changes Needed to Improve Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
  (Nov. 16)

• With Jobs Disappearing, Homelessness in Milwaukee Jumps 13 Percent Since 2007, New Point in Time Survey Shows
  (Oct. 1)

• U.S. Job Shortage Hits 18-Month High
  (Sept. 22)

• Statement of David Riemer and Debra Kraft to the Clinical Advisory Committee on Health and Emerging Technologies (CACHET), Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  (Aug. 27)

• Free Sept. 2 Screening of “Unnatural Causes” Explores Connection Between Income Disparities, Health Outcomes
  (Aug. 21)

• Wisconsin’s New Transitional Jobs Program Can Begin To Fill State’s Unprecedented Employment Gap
  (July 15)

• Community Advocates Launches Enrollment of First Wave of BadgerCare Plus Core Plan Applicants, June 15
  (June 12)

• Riemer Outlines Approach to Reducing Poverty During Speech to Anti-Poverty Conference (May 5)
  
  
  • Full text of May 5 speech:
    Packaging Policies to Reduce Poverty
• Full Testimony of David Riemer Before the Joint Committee on Finance
  (March 25)

• Riemer: Wisconsin Needs Back-Up Health Insurance Reform Plan in Case National Reform Fails (March 18)

• U.S. Job Shortage Hit 8.4 Million During Final Months of 2008 (March 16)

• Study Shows Wisconsin Suffers From Some of Nation's Highest Rates of Alcohol Abuse, Unmet Treatment (March 9)

• U.S. Job Shortage Reaches Record Level of 7 Million; Transitional Jobs Must Be Created to Put Jobseekers Back to Work (Jan. 26)
  
  
• Community Advocates to Utilize $300,000 Gift to Spearhead Mental Health Reform in Milwaukee County
  (Jan. 22)
  

2008

• Community Advocates Receives $75,000 From Helen Bader Foundation to Expand Access to Addiction Treatment (Dec. 18)
  
  
• Open Society Institute Awards $600,000 to Community Advocates to Expand Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Addiction (Oct. 30)

PPI in the Media

2011

• Poverty #2: Transitional Jobs Serve People with Employment Barriers (December 29, WUWM News) PDF

• Poverty #1: Agencies Serving the Poor Stretched to the Limit (December 28, WUWM News) PDF

• It's Time to Talk About Raising the State's Minimum Wage (December 12, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Riemer Discusses Plan to Cut Wisconsin's Poverty in Half (November 28, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• $3-Billion to Fight Poverty in Wisconsin (November 28, WSAU) PDF

• Plan Aims to Cut Wisconsin's Poverty Rate in Half (November 27, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• $45 Million Check Not in the Mail (October 30, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Riemer Op-Ed: A Role for Government in Combating Poverty (October 29, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Audacious Ideas Blog: Riemer: Can New Health Insurance Exchanges Save Money? (October 20, Open Society Institute-Baltimore)

• Walczak Discusses Criminal Justice on Fourth Street Forum (October 14, Milwaukee Public Television)

• Riemer Op-Ed: We Can Drive Poverty Under 5% (October 8) PDF

• Riemer Discusses Health Insurance Exchanges (October 7, WUWM's Lake Effect)

• Riemer Discusses Making Parity Real (August 24, WUWM's Lake Effect)

• Op-Ed: BadgerCare Is a Lifeline for Many (May 27, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Riemer Discusses Taxes on Fourth Street Forum (April 14, Milwaukee Public Television)

• Riemer Op-Ed: EITC fulfills conservative goals (March 29, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Scott Walker seeks sweeping Medicaid powers (March 1, Appleton Post Crescent) PDF

• Scott Walker's budget could hit Medicaid (Feb. 25, Politico) PDF

• Vital Signs: Budget repair bill gives Walker free hand to revamp, cut Medicaid programs (Feb. 14, Madison Cap Times) PDF

• Parity laws might be threatened in early phase (Feb. 21, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• A five-step plan to fix finances
  (Jan. 15, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

2010

• Cigarette sales to minors increase
  (Dec. 20, Milwaukee Magazine) PDF

• Investigators Work to Prevent Tobacco Sales to Minors (Dec. 16, WUWM) PDF

• Walker talks health exchanges at speech in Madison (Dec. 6, Wisconsin Public Radio) PDF

• Badger State still leads in binge drinking habits (Nov. 16, Marquette Tribune) PDF

• Wisconsin looks to increase treatment for alcohol addiction amidst staggering numbers (Nov. 15, Wisconsin Public Radio) PDF

• Vital Signs: One more depressing study on Wisconsin's drinking problem (Nov. 10, Cap Times) PDF

• Interview with David Riemer on Wisconsin's High Rate of Binge Drinking, Unmet Treatment Need (Nov. 11, WORT)

• Study looks at high rate of binge drinking in Wis. (Nov. 10, WQOW) PDF

• Thorny issue of health insurance exchange awaits next governor (Oct. 20, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• National Academy of Social Insurance names Wisconsin man to panel on exchanges (Sept. 27, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• Joe Volk Op-Ed: A lesson in Kalamazoo's 'Promise' (Aug. 15, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• David Riemer was interviewed about unemployment and transitional jobs on the Joy Cardin Show (July 20, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• Opinions Mixed During Smoking Ban on First Day (July 5, WITI-6)

• Statewide Smoking Ban Goes into Effect (July 5, WISN-12)

• Smoking Campaigns Expected to Target Minorities (July 6, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• Mental health parity panelists: insurance is not enough (June 30, Racine Journal Times) PDF

• Smoking deaths decline in Milwaukee
  (June 16, Milwaukee Magazine / Milwaukee News Buzz) PDF

• More reasons to welcome the smoking ban (June 14, Milwaukee Business Journal) PDF

• Bars, Restaurants Make Adjustments for Smoking Bans (June 14, WISN-12)

• Businesses Consider Construction Because of Smoking Ban (June 14, WISN-12) PDF

• David Riemer Op-Ed: You know those roads? They're heavily subsidized
  (April 3, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) PDF

• Mental health advocates: Stigmas still hurting treatment options (Jan. 16, Green Bay Press Gazette) PDF

• View "Making Parity Real: Green Bay" on Wisconsin Eye (WisEye.org)

• Panel to discuss increasing access, improving use of mental health care (Jan. 15, Wisconsin Public Radio)

• Mental health, substance abuse issues topic of symposiums (Jan. 13, Green Bay Press Gazette) PDF

2009

• The Exchange Equation: Avoiding a Death Spiral with a Balance of Risks (Congressional Quarterly, Dec. 18, 2009) PDF

• Tax System Gets Rough Around the Margins (Congressional Quarterly, Dec. 7, 2009) PDF

• David Riemer is one of four authors of a Dec. 16, 2009 Committee for Economic Development study on fixing the health care exchanges to drive down health care costs and increase quality of care.
  • Study
  • Summary
  • CED sews release
• State health programs for the poor face new budget crisis (Wisconsin State Journal, Dec. 15, 2009) PDF

• Op-Ed: Jobless need government to create jobs (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 12, 2009) PDF

• Plan might violate mental health parity law (Madison Capitol Times, Dec. 6, 2009)

• County freezes admissions to drug and alcohol outpatient program
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 26, 2009)

• Local Mental Health, Addiction Experts To Discuss Policy Changes
  (WISN-12, Nov. 23, 2009)

• State lawmakers want parity in insurance coverage for mental health
  (Madison Capital Times, Nov. 23, 2009)

• David Riemer explains the ideas behind the Making Parity Real series
  (WORT-FM, Nov. 18, 2009)

• David Riemer talks about the Milwaukee Addiction Treatment Initiative on Lake Effect
  (WUWM-FM, Nov. 17)

• A bold new plan for the uninsured
  (Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 14)

• Milwaukee residents back addiction coverage
  (Milwaukee Business Journal, Sept. 29)

• Prescription for a Health Insurance Compromise: Forget the Public Option and Co-Ops, Rewire the Exchange
  (Committee on Economic Development, Sept. 24)

• Job Losses Mount While Creation Trails
  (WUWM, Sept. 24)

• Job Shortage Numbers
  (Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 23)

• Online job ads rise but still fall short
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 3)

• State's transitional jobs program to ramp up slowly
  (Wisconsin Radio Network, July 19)

• BadgerCare Now Includes Adults Without Children
  (WUWM, July 15)

• BadgerCare Plus expansion means adults without children are eligible
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 14)

• Recession Stories (PDF)
  (Milwaukee Magazine, July)

• David Riemer discussed national health insurance reform as the featured guest on "At Issues" with Ben Merens on Wisconsin Public Radio [RealPlayer required]
  (Wisconsin Public Radio, June 25)

• The Only Public Health Plan We Need
  (New York Times, June 25) PDF

• Advocate: State should have health plan ready
  (Eau Claire Leader Telgram, June 23)

• Community Conversations: State must work on health-care reform
  (Sheboygan Press, June 17)

• New health care coverage policy begins
  (WHAD , June 15) [RealPlayer required]
  

• More People Eligible For BadgerCare Health Care Plan
  (WISN-12, June 15)

• David Riemer interviewed about BadgerCare Plus Core Plan expansion [listen to MP3] (WORT, June 15)

• W-2 is not equipped to help the state's neediest
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 23)

• Let us end povery in Milwaukee
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Op-Ed by David R. Riemer, May 23)

• Treating alcoholism appropriately is important step
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 1)

• Testimony before the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform at ThedaClark
  Medical Center in Neenah, Wis. David Riemer's testimony begins at 33:30.
  (March 18).

• Budget deficit could limit prison alternative program
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 14)

• Governments face opportunitites, difficulties
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 13)

• Doyle's budget would increase tax credit for working poor
  (Wisconsin State Journal, March 13)

• Substance abuse counseling can’t match demand. Listen to story here [RealPlayer required]
  (Wis. Public Radio, March 12)

• Numbers were misleading
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 7)

• David Riemer: State must develop health plan (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, March 5)

• Optimism for pessimistic time
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 7)

• Health care debate will continue (Kenosha News, Feb. 4)

• David Riemer was the featured guest on Conversations with Joy Cardin. Listen here [RealPlayer required]
  (Wisconsin Public Radio, Jan. 28)
  

• Call for transition jobs in stimulus (Wisconsin Radio Network, Jan. 27)

• Philanthropist John gives $300,000 to Community Advocates for mental health policy reform
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 22)

• Riemer to head anti-poverty institute (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 12)
  
  
• Taking responsibility
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 10)