%-BEGINNING THERE
WERE
SOME
%-STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES
WHO
%-COULDN'T COMPLETE
THE
%-APPLICATION AT ALL.%-MOST OF THOSE
TECHNICAL
ISSUES%-HAVE
BEEN
RESOLVED, BUT
THE
%-BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS
THAT
%-PEOPLE JUST DON'T
KNOW
WHAT%-THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE
FOR
%-FINANCIAL
AID.
%-SO IT'S REALLY
HARD
TO
MAKE
%-THOSE DECISIONS
ABOUT
WHERE
%-THEY'RE
GOING TO GO
TO
SCHOOL,
%-WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE%-TO STUDY
WITHOUT
HAVING ALL OF
%-THE
INFORMATION.
%-TYPICALLY, WE
ARE
RECEIVING
%-FAFSA
RECORDS
IN
OCTOBER, AND
WE
%-JUST
STARTED
TO
RECEIVE
THEM AND%-WE HAVE
JUST
BEEN
TOLD
THAT AT
%-LEAST
20% MAY
NOT
BE
ACCURATE.
%-SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE
TO
%-WAIT FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%-EDUCATION
TO
REPROCESS
THOSE%-FAFSA RECORDS SO WE
CAN
HAVE
%-ACCURATE
INFORMATION.
%- >> SO
HAS YOUR
OFFICE,
THEN,
%-BEEN
INUNDATED
WITH
CONCERNED
%-STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES?
%- >> YES.
%-YES, WE
HAVE.%-AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S
JUST
%-NOT A LOT WE
CAN
SAY
BECAUSE
WE
%-DON'T
NECESSARILY
KNOW WHAT
IS
%-HAPPENING AND
WHEN IT'S GOING TO
%-HAPPEN.
%-THE GOOD
NEWS
FOR JOE
BIDEN AND%-DONALD
TRUMP,
THEY, OF
COURSE,
%-WON
IN
TUESDAY'S
ELECTION.
%-THE BAD
NEWS,
THEY
LOST
VOTES,
%-EITHER
TO
OTHER
CANDIDATES
OR TO
%-THE
UNINSTRUCTED
VOTE.
%-WHAT TO
MAKE OF
THIS
AS
THE
%-LATEST
NATIONAL
MARQUETTE LAW%-SCHOOL POLL
SHOWS
IT
AN
EVEN
%-RACE.%-WE
TURN
TO
ANTHONY
CHERGOSKY,
%-POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR
AT%-UW
LaRos.%-THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.%-> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.%- >> SO JOE
BIDEN
SAW MORE
THAN
%-42,000
PEOPLE
VOTE
UNINSTRUCTED,
%-PRESUMABLY
OVER
HIS
POSITION
ON
%-ISRAEL AND
GAZA.
%-I'M NOT
SURE
HOW
LIKELY IT
WOULD
%-BE,
FRED,
BUT WHAT I
CAN
SAY...
%-WHAT
TO
MAKE OF
THIS
AS
THE
%-LATEST
NATIONAL
MARQUETTE LAW
%-SCHOOL POLL
SHOWS
IT
AN
EVEN
%-RACE.
%-WE
TURN
TO ANTHONY
CHERGOSKY,
%-POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR
AT%-UW
LACROSSE.
%-THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
%- >> SO JOE BIDEN
SAW MORE
THAN
%-42,000
PEOPLE
VOTE
UNINSTRUCTED,
%-PRESUMABLY
OVER
HIS
POSITION ON
%-ISRAEL AND
GAZA.
%-HE
ONLY
WON
WISCONSIN
IN
2020
BY
%-20,000
VOTES.
%-HOW
BIG OF
A RED
FLAG IS
THIS
%-FOR JOE
BIDEN?%- >> I
THINK IT'S A RED
FLAG
FOR
%-SURE
BECAUSE
WISCONSIN
WAS
%-DECIDED
SO
NARROWLY
IN
2020.%-IN
FACT,
THE
UNINSTRUCTED
%-MOVEMENT
HAD
A
GOAL
OF
20,000
%-VOTES AND
THEY
EASILY
SURPASSED
%-THAT.%-IT WAS
A
SYMBOLIC
GOAL
BECAUSE
%-20,000 WAS
ROUGHLY THE
MARGIN
OF
%-VICTORY
FOR JOE
BIDEN IN
THE
%-LAST
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION HERE
%-IN
WISCONSIN
BETWEEN
BIDEN
AND
%-TRUMP.
%-SO
IN
WISCONSIN,
ANY
LITTLE
%-MOVEMENT OF
VOTERS
CAN
MAKE
THE
%-DIFFERENCE, ANY LITTLE
SHIFT
%-HERE AND
THERE
CAN
MAKE
A
%-DIFFERENCE.
%-SO THERE ARE
CERTAINLY
SOME
%-CAUSE -- THERE'S CERTAINLY
SOME
%-CAUSE
FOR
CONCERN FOR
THE
BIDEN
%-CAMPAIGN.
%- >> HOW LYLE DO YOU
THINK IT
%-WOULD BE TO
CHANGE HIS
POSITION
%-ON
ISRAEL BECAUSE OF
THIS?%- >> I'M NOT SURE HOW LIKELY IT
%-WOULD
BE,
FRED,
BUT WHAT I CAN
%-SAY IS
THERE'S A LONG
TIME
%-BETWEEN NOW
AND
THE
NOVEMBER
%-ELECTION.%-ONE OF THE UNUSUAL
ASPECTS OF
%-THIS
GENERAL
ELECTION
CAMPAIGN
%-IS JUST HOW
LONG
IT'S
GOING TO
%-BE.
%-THERE'S A
LIFETIME BETWEEN
NOW
%-AND
NOVEMBER,
SO I
CAN
IMAGINE%-THAT THE
POLICIES AND
THE
ISSUES
%-ARE GOING
TO
EVOLVE
AND WE COULD
%-BE
IN A
VERY
DIFFERENT
PLACE BY%-THE TIME
WE GET
TO
NOVEMBER.%- >> ON THE
OTHER
SIDE OF
THE
%-AISLE, DONALD
TRUMP
SAW MORE%-THAN
120,000
PEOPLE
VOTE
FOR%-SOMEONE ELSE ON THE
BALLOT,
LIKE
%-A NIKKI
HALEY, AND HE
HAD
HIS
%-OWN
19,000
UNINSTRUCTED
VOTERS.
%-IS
THIS
WORSE FOR
HIM
OR
FOR
%-BIDEN AT THIS
POINT?%- >> I
THINK THE
TWO
SIDES
HAVE
%-DIFFERENT
CONCERNS.
%-FOR
BIDEN,
THE
UNINSTRUCTED
%-MOVEMENT
HAD
SPECIFIC
ISSUES%-WITH
THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.%-THEY HAD
SPECIFIC
OBJECTIONS TO
%-THE
POLICIES AND
THE
APPROACHES%-OF
THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.%-ON THE
REPUBLICAN
SIDE,
WE'VE
%-SEEN THIS
TIME
AND
TIME
AGAIN
IN
%-STATES DURING THIS
NOMINATION
%-PROCESS, WHERE
THERE'S
A
CERTAIN
%-CHUNK
OF
REPUBLICAN
VOTERS
WHO
%-JUST
AREN'T
THERE
WHEN
IT
COMES
%-TO
VOTING
FOR DONALD
TRUMP
IN
%-NOVEMBER
OR FEELING LIKE
THEY'RE
%-READY
TO
VOTE
FOR DONALD TRUMP
%-IN
NOVEMBER.
%-WE'VE
SEEN NIKKI
HALEY
%-CONSISTENTLY
PEEL
OFF
KEY
VOTERS%-IN THE
SUBURBS,
THOSE
%-WHITE-COLLAR
PROFESSIONALS,%-COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO HAVE
%-ALWAYS
BEEN PROBLEMATIC
FOR%-DONALD TRUMP
WITHIN
THE
%-REPUBLICAN
COALITION.
%-SO
BIDEN
AND
TRUMP
HAVE
CONCERNS
%-COMING OUT OF
THE
APRIL
ELECTION%-HERE IN
WISCONSIN,
BUT
THOSE
%-CONCERNS
ARE
VERY
DIFFERENT
IN
%-NATURE.
%- >> SO
WHAT
BREAKS
LOOSE
IF
AN
%-RFK,
JR.
INDEPENDENT
MAKES
IT
%-ONTO THE
BALLOT?%- >> I
THINK
RFK COULD
HAVE
A
KEY
%-IMPACT ON THE
ELECTION,
NOT
%-BECAUSE HE
HAS
ANY
SHOT OF
%-WINNING
WISCONSIN,
BUT
BECAUSE%-HE COULD
TAKE
ON
THAT
SPOILER
%-ROLE.
%-AND FROM THE
APRIL
ELECTION
%-RESULTS HERE IN
WISCONSIN, WE
%-KNOW
THAT THERE
ARE DEMOCRATS%-WHO
ARE
UNHAPPY,
BIDEN,
WE
KNOW%-THERE ARE
REPUBLICANS WHAT
ARE
%-UNHAPPY
WITH
TRUMP.
%-THE KEY
QUESTION
IS
IF
%-THIRD-PARTY
CANDIDATES
CAN
BE
%-THAT
LANDING
SPOT
FOR
VOTERS
ON
%-EITHER SIDE WHO
ARE
NOT
HAPPY%-WITH THE CANDIDATE
OF
THEIR
%-PARTY.%-WE
COULD
ALSO
SEE UNHAPPY
VOTERS
%-ON
EITHER
SIDE
PLUG
THEIR
NOSE
%-AND VOTE
FOR
THE
CANDIDATE
OF
%-THEIR
PARTY.
%-SO A
LONG
TIME TO GO
BETWEEN
NOW
%-AND
NOVEMBER,
BUT I DO
THINK
THE
%-INFLUENCE
OF THIRD
PARTY
%-CANDIDATES IS
WELL
WORTH
%-WATCHING.
%- >> SO REPUBLICANS WON
THEIR
TWO
%-CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS IN
%-WISCONSIN
PROHIBITING PRIVATE
%-GRANTS
IN
RUNNING
ELECTIONS.
%-HOW
SUGGESTIVE IS THAT WIN
WHEN
%-IT
COMES
TO
ELECTION
OUTCOMES
IN
%-NOVEMBER?
%- >> I AM
A
BIT
HESITANT
ABOUT
%-MAKING PREDICTIONS
FOR
NOVEMBER%-BASED ON
THE
APRIL
ELECTIONS.%-WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SEE
%-SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER
VOTER
%-TURNOUT IN
NOVEMBER
AND
THERE'S%-A LOT OF
TIME FOR THE
CAMPAIGN
%-TO
PLAY
OUT
BETWEEN
NOW
AND
%-NOVEMBER, A LOT OF
TIME
FOR
%-VOTERS TO MAKE
UP
THEIR
MINDS.%-AND THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF
VOTERS,
%-THE
DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS OF
%-THE
VOTERS IS GOING
TO
CHANGE AS%-WE GET CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO
%-NOVEMBER.
%-SO I'M NOT SURE I WOULD
READ
TOO
%-MUCH INTO
IT,
BUT WHAT I CAN
SAY%-IS THAT
REPUBLICANS
WERE
%-EFFECTIVE AT
MESSAGING
THOSE
%-CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS, THEY
%-WERE
EFFECTIVE
OF
FIRING
UP
%-THEIR
BASE ON
THE
ELECTION OF
%-INTEGRITY.
%- >> SO DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO
%-CAMPAIGN ON THE
LIE,
FRANKLY,
%-THAT
HE
BEAT JOE
BIDEN
IN
%-WISCONSIN IN
THE
LAST
ELECTION
%-INCLUDING
THIS
WEEK
IN GREEN
%-BAY.
%-WHY
IS
THIS
PERSUASION
SO
%-ENDURING
IN
WISCONSIN
AND
%-ELSEWHERE?%- >> BECAUSE IT
COMES FROM
THE
%-TOP.%-DONALD TRUMP IS
THE
UNQUESTIONED
%-LEADER OF
THE
REPUBLICAN
FATTER%-AND SO
REPUBLICAN VOTERS
ARE%-GOING
TO
RESPOND
WHEN DONALD
%-TRUMP
SAYS
SOMETHING.
%-FRED, I THINK
IT
SPEAKS TO
THE
%-BIND THAT
REPUBLICANS
ARE
IN.%-WE'VE
HAD
PEOPLE
HIGHER
UPS IN
%-THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
PEOPLE
%-LIKE RON
JOHNSON,
TRYING
TO
%-ENCOURAGE REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO
%-VOTE
EARLY, VOTE
BY
MAIL,
BUT
%-THEN DONALD TRUMP COMES
TO GREEN
%-BAY
AND
CASTS
DOUBT
ON
VOTES BY
%-MAIL.%-HE CALLS
IT
A
RECIPE
FOR
FRAUD.
%-SO WITH
THE
TRUMP
INFLUENCE AND
%-THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, FREQUENT%-DONALD TRUMP
SAYING
ONE
THING
%-EVEN
AS PARTY
LEADERS
ARE
TRYING
%-TO PUSH
THE PARTY
INTO
A
%-DIFFERENT
DIRECTION,
SUCH
AS
%-WITH
VOTE
BY
MAIL.%- >> ALL
RIGHT.%-WE LEAVE
IT
THERE.%-ANTHONY
CHERGOSKY, THANKS VERY
%-MUCH.%- >> THANK
YOU.
%- >> IN EDUCATION
NEWS,
THE
UW%-BOARD OF REGENTS
THIS
%-WEEK-APPROVED A TUITION
HIKE
%-THAT
AVERAGES
NEARLY
$400
MORE
%-PER
YEAR.
%-FOR
MANY
COLLEGE-BOUND
STUDENTS,
%-PART OF
PLANNING
FOR
COSTS
%-INCLUDES FILLING
OUT
THE
FREE
%-APPLICATION
FOR
FEDERAL STUDENT
%-AID,
OR
FAFSA.%-IT'S A
NECESSARY
STEP TO
SEE
%-WHAT
THEIR
FINANCIAL
AID
PACKAGE%-LOOKS
LIKE
AND
WHETHER
OR WHERE%-THEY
CAN
ENROLL,
BUT
THIS
YEAR,
%-THE
FAFSA
PROCESS IS
A
MESS FOR
%-STUDENTS AND
COLLEGES.%-A NEW
STREAMLINED
FORM FROM
THE
%-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
%-CAME
OUT
MONTHS
LATE,
WAS
%-DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE
TO
%-ACCESS, AND
THEN
WAS
FILLED
WITH
%-GLITCHES SO
BAD,
FINANCIAL AID
%-OFFICES AT
COLLEGES
CAN'T
EVEN
%-MOVE
AID
AWARDS
ALONG.
%-IN
WISCONSIN, MORE
THAN
126,000
%-STUDENTS FILLED
OUT
THE
FAFSA
%-LAST
YEAR AND
WERE
AWARDED
%-FINANCIAL
AID.%-FOR A
LOOK
INSIDE
THE
MESS
%-HAPPENING THIS
YEAR,
WE
TURN
TO%-KATIE
WEISENBURGER, ASSISTANT
%-DIRECTOR OF
FEDERAL
AWARDS OF
%-THE
UW-MADISON
OFFICE
OF
STUDENT
%-FINANCIAL
AID.%-THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.%->> QUITE THE
SETUP.%-I CAN'T
EVEN
BELIEVE YOU
HAVE
%-TIME TO BE
HERE, BECAUSE
I
%-UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIKE
%-YOURSELVES ARE
WORKING
NIGHTS
%-AND
WEEKENDS
JUST
TRYING
TO
DEAL%-WITH
THIS.%-WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN YOUR
%-OFFICE?
%- >> ABSOLUTELY.
%-THINGS
ARE
CHANGING EVERY
DAY.
%-SO WE ARE
OFTEN
ON
PHONECALLS
%-FIRST
THING IN THE
MORNING,
LAST
%-THING
AT
NIGHT,
SENDING
MESSAGES
%-TO EACH
OTHER,
MAKING
DECISIONS%-BASED ON
THE
CURRENT
%-INFORMATION.%-THIS
WEEK, FOR
EXAMPLE, WE HAVE%-BEEN ON
WEBINARS
EVERY
DAY
WITH
%-FEDERAL STUDENT AID,
TRYING
TO
%-UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S
HAPPENING
AND
%-WHAT WE CAN
AND
CANNOT
DO.
%- >> SO
HOW
DELAYED
ARE
FINANCIAL
%-AID
AWARDS
THIS
YEAR?
%- >> THEY'RE EXTREMELY DELAYED.
%-FOR AN
EXAMPLE,
AT
UW-MADISON,
%-WE
TYPICALLY
HAVE
AID OFFERS
OUT
%-FOR OUR
NEW
STUDENTS
IN
JANUARY,
%-AND
IT'S
APRIL AND
WE'RE -- WE
%-ARE
GETTING CLOSER
BUT
WE'RE
NOT
%-QUITE
THERE
YET.%- >> HOW
MANY
UW-MADISON
%-APPLICANTS
ARE
AFFECTED?%- >> ALL OF
OUR
UW-MADISON
%-APPLICANTS
ARE
AFFECTED,
OR I
%-SHOULD
CLARIFY,
ANYBODY WHO IS
%-APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL
AID.
%- >> ARE THERE CONCERNS THAT
%-STUDENTS
WILL END
UP
NOT
%-ATTENDING BECAUSE OF
THIS?
%- >> CERTAINLY, THERE
ARE
%-CONCERNS.
%-CERTAINLY ACROSS THE STATE
AND%-ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.%- >> WHAT ARE
SOME
EXAMPLES OF THE
%-PROBLEMS THAT
PEOPLE
ARE
%-EXPERIENCING WITH THIS FAFSA
%-FORM?%- >> THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
%-TECHNICAL
ISSUES.%-AT THE
BEGINNING, THERE WERE
%-SOME STUDENTS
AND
FAMILIES
WHO
%-COULDN'T COMPLETE
THE
%-APPLICATION AT
ALL.%-MOST OF
THOSE
TECHNICAL
ISSUES%-HAVE
BEEN
RESOLVED, BUT
THE
%-BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS
THAT
%-PEOPLE JUST
DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
%-THEY'RE GOING TO
RECEIVE
FOR
%-FINANCIAL AID.
%-SO IT'S REALLY
HARD
TO
MAKE
%-THOSE
DECISIONS
ABOUT
WHERE
%-THEY'RE GOING TO
GO
TO
SCHOOL,
%-WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO
STUDY
%-WITHOUT
HAVING ALL OF
THE
%-INFORMATION.
%-TYPICALLY, WE
ARE
RECEIVING
%-FAFSA
RECORDS
IN
OCTOBER
AND WE
%-JUST STARTED
TO
RECEIVE
THEM AND%-WE HAVE
JUST
BEEN
TOLD
THAT AT
%-LEAST
20%
MAY
NOT
BE
ACCURATE.
%-SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE
TO
%-WAIT FOR
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%-EDUCATION
TO
REPROCESS
THOSE
%-FAFSA RECORDS
SO WE
CAN
HAVE
%-ACCURATE
INFORMATION.%- >> SO
HAS
YOUR
OFFICE,
THEN,
%-BEEN
INUNDATED
WITH
CONCERNED
%-STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES?
%- >> YES.
%-YES, WE
HAVE.%-AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S
JUST
%-NOT A
LOT WE
CAN
SAY
BECAUSE
WE
%-DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT
IS
%-HAPPENING
AND
WHEN IT'S GOING
TO
%-HAPPEN.
%-FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN
ABSOLUTELY
%-PATIENT AND
UNDERSTANDING, BUT
%-IT'S
VERY
STRESSFUL,
%-PARTICULARLY
FOR
THOSE
FAMILIES%-THAT
HAVE -- THIS IS
MAYBE
THEIR
%-FIRST
TIME
APPLYING
FOR
%-FINANCIAL
AID,
SENIORS
IN HIGH
%-SCHOOL TRYING TO
MAKE
THAT
BIG
%-DECISION
ABOUT
WHERE THEY'RE%-GOING TO ATTEND
COLLEGE.
%- >> SO WHAT IS
YOUR
GUIDANCE,
%-THEN, TO FAMILIES AND BE
%-STUDENTS IN
THE MIDST OF THIS IS
%-THIS.%- >> OUR
GUIDANCE IS
PLEASE BE
%-PATIENT.
%-PLEASE BE
KIND.
%-BUT
MOSTLY,
CHECK
YOUR
EMAILS,
%-PARTICULARLY
THE
STUDENT'S
%-EMAIL.
%-SO PARENTS
OFTEN
CHECK
THEIR
%-EMAILS,
BUT WE
WANT
THE
STUDENT
%-TO
CHECK
THEIR EMAILS
BECAUSE
IF
%-THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
WE
NEED,%-WE
WILL
EMAIL
THAT
STUDENT
%-DIRECTLY.%-SO
THAT'S THE
NUMBER
ONE
THING,%-IS
TO PAY
ATTENTION
TO
THOSE
%-EMAILS AND THOSE
COMMUNICATIONS.%- >> SO HOW
IS
THE
ADMISSIONS
%-OFFICE
DEALING
WITH ALL OF
THIS?
%-BECAUSE
THAT'S
THE
UPSTREAM
%-PROBLEM.
%-RIGHT?
%- >> SURE,
YES,
YEAH.
%-OUR
ADMISSIONS
TEAM HAS
BEEN
%-VERY
SUPPORTIVE
OF
OUR
FINANCIAL
%-AID
OFFICE, AND
THE
BIGGEST
%-THING THAT THEY
HAVE
DONE
IS%-THEY HAVE
MOVED
THE
DECISION
%-DATE
FROM
MAY
1st
TO
MAY
%-15th,
AND A LOT
OF
OTHER
%-SCHOOLS HAVE
DONE
THAT
ACROSS
%-WISCONSIN
AND ACROSS THE
%-COUNTRY.
%-THAT'S
THE
BIGGEST
IMPACT THAT
%-WE'VE DONE
FOR
OUR
STUDENTS
%-HERE.%- >> I
DID
NOTICE
ON-LINE THAT YOU%-HAVE
IN-PERSON
SESSIONS
THIS%-MONTH
TO
HELP
STUDENTS
WITH
%-FAFSA.
%- >> YES.%->> ONE OF
THEM HAPPENED
TODAY.
%- >> YEAH.%->> IN
YOUR
TENURE AS
A
FINANCIAL
%-AID
OFFICER,
HOW
EXTRAORDINARY
%-IS THIS
YEAR?%- >> THIS
IS
THE
CRAZIEST
YEARS
%-I'VE EVER
SEEN
IN
MY
23
YEARS
IN
%-FINANCIAL AID
IN
HIGHER
%-EDUCATION.%-THIS
IS
A
GENERATIONAL CHANGE%-AND I
THINK IN THE LONG
RUN,
A
%-YEAR
FROM
NOW, THIS
IS
GOING TO
%-BE WONDERFUL
BECAUSE
MORE
PEOPLE
%-WILL
HAVE
ACCESS TO
THE
FEDERAL%-PELL
GRANT, IT'S
AN
EASIER
%-APPLICATION,
JUST
BUT RIGHT
NOW
%-THE
PROCESS
OF
IMPLEMENTING IT%-HAS
BEEN
A
NIGHTMARE.
%-TO
PUT
IT
FRANKLY.
%- >> TO PUT
IT
FRANKLY.%-ALL
RIGHT.
%-WELL, KATIE
WEISENBURGER,
THANKS%-VERY
MUCH.%- >> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
%- >> IN
CONSUMER NEWS
RELATED TO
%-HEALTHCARE, PEOPLE WHO
SIGNED
UP
%-FOR
MARKETPLACE AFFORDABLE
%-HEALTHCARE
ACT
PLANS SHOULD
BE
%-AWARE
OF
UNSCRUPULOUS INSURANCE
%-BROKERS WHO
COULD
DO
A
BAIT
AND
%-SWITCH.%-SOME OF THESE
WEB
BROKERS
ARE
%-SWITCHING
PEOPLE'S EXISTING
%-PLANS
WITHOUT
THEIR
KNOWLEDGE
%-AND
POCKETING
EXCESS
PREMIUMS
%-ACCORDING TO
THE
KAISER
FAMILY
%-FOUNDATION.%-IN
WISCONSIN, MORE
THAN
250,000
%-PEOPLE
ARE
ON
ACA
PLANS THROUGH
%-THE
FEDERAL
MARKETPLACE.%-CAROLINE GOMEZ-TOM
IS
AN
ACA
%-ENROLLMENT NETWORK
AND
%-ACCESSIBILITY MANAGER
FOR
%-COVERING
WISCONSIN.
%-SHE JOINS US
NOW AND
THANKS VERY
%-MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
%-FREDERICA.%- >> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE
%-IN
WISCONSIN MIGHT BE
VICTIMS
OF
%-THESE
WEB
INSURANCE
BROKERS?
%- >> WE'RE
STILL KIND
OF
%-UNDERSTANDING AND TRYING
TO
%-FIGURE
OUT
THE
VOLUME
OF
VOLKS%-THAT
!!
FOLKSTHAT
ARE
IMPACTED BY
THIS.%-WE
WERE
BROUGHT AWARE OF THIS%-BASED ON SOME OF
OUR
NAVIGATORS%-WHO HAVE
SEEN
INDIVIDUALS
COME%-TO
US
BECAUSE THEY
WERE
DULY
%-ENROLLED
IN
MEDICAID
OR
THE
%-MARKETPLACE AND WE'RE HEARING
IT
%-FROM OTHER
STATES
WHERE
THEY'RE
%-GETTING A LOT
MORE
MALICIOUS
%-PREDATORS,
ESSENTIALLY, WHO ARE
%-TRYING
TO
TARGET
SPECIFIC
%-COMMUNITIES, BUT
WE'RE
%-DEFINITELY
SEEING
MORE COME UP
%-WEEK AFTER
WEEK.%- >> WHAT
ARE
SOME
EXAMPLES
YOU'VE
%-SEEN IN TERMS
OF
UNSUITABLE
%-POLICIES BECAUSE
OF
COVERAGE
OF
%-COST?%- >> WHAT IT TYPICALLY LOOKS
LIKE
%-IS
SOMEONE
IS
ACTUALLY
STILL
%-ELIGIBLE OR
ENROLLED IN
%-MEDICAID, WHICH IS
THE
STATE'S
%-PROGRAM
FOR
LOWER
INCOME
FOLKS,
%-AND EITHER THEY
ARE
UP FOR
%-RENEWAL SOON
OR
THEY
DO NEED
TO
%-RENEW AND SOMEONE EITHER
REACHES
%-OUT TO
THEM
PROACTIVELY, SOMEHOW
%-GETTING
THEIR
CONTACT
%-INFORMATION AND
THERE'S
A
WAY
OF
%-SOMEONE
JUST
PUT HEALTH
%-INSURANCE IN
A
GOOGLE
SEARCH AND%-WENT
TO
A
BAD
WEBSITE.
%-THEY COULD HAVE
ACCIDENTALLY
GOT%-ON THIS
LIST
OF
NUMBERS
THAT
%-PEOPLE WILL
CALL.
%-OTHERWISE,
IT'S
ACTUALLY
SOMEONE
%-THAT
MAYBE
THEY
REACHED
OUT,
%-TOO,
BUT
THEY'RE OUT OF STATE
%-AND THEY'RE
NOW GETTING
SIGNED
%-UP FOR
A
MARKETPLACE
PLAN,
%-USUALLY
A
ZERO-DOLLAR
A
MONTH
%-PLAN, BUT
BECAUSE
THEY ACTUALLY
%-SHOULD STILL
BE
ON
MEDICAID,
ARE
%-NOW
DUALLY
ENROLLED
IN THESE
%-PROGRAMS, AND
IT'S
NOT
UNTIL
%-THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING
TO
SEEK
%-HEALTHCARE OR
TAX
TIME
WHEN
NOW
%-THE I.R.S.
IS
SAYING THEY
HAVE
%-TO
RECONCILE TAX
CREDITS
THAT
%-THEY
NEVER
KNEW THEY
HAD,
%-THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT%-WHAT
WENT
WRONG.
%- >> SO
I
UNDERSTAND
THAT MANY
OF
%-THESE BROKERS DOING
THIS
ARE OUT
%-OF
STATE.%- >> WE
HAVEN'T
SEEN
ANY
BAD
%-ACTORS THAT
ARE
FROM
WISCONSIN,
%-SO I WANT TO
LEAD
WITH
THAT.%-AND WE
ACTUALLY
DO
A
REALLY
GOOD
%-JOB OF
WORKING
WITH
OUR
AGENT
%-AND BROKER
COMMUNITY HERE
IN
%-WISCONSIN.%-WE SEE
TRAIN
WITH
THEM,
WE
%-PARTNER
WITH
THEM, AND WE
%-ACTUALLY
HAVE
QUITE
A
LENGTHY
%-SCREENER BEFORE
WE
EVEN
INCLUDE
%-THEM
IN
HOW
WE
ADVERTISE
FOR
%-ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE.
%- >> SO WHAT
CAN PEOPLE
DO
TO
%-PROTECT
THEMSELVES FROM
THIS?
%- >> SO, OF COURSE,
KNOWING THE
%-WEBSITE
THAT
YOU'RE
PUTTING
IN
%-REGARDING
SEEKING
ENROLLMENT
FOR
%-HEALTH
INSURANCE, MAKING
SURE%-THAT IT
HAS
A
.GOV
ENDING.
%-IF YOU'RE
ENROLLING IN
THE
%-HEALTH
INSURANCE MAIRKT
PLACE,
%-IT'S
HEALTHCARE.GOV.
%-AND
THEN
YOU'RE
SEEKING
%-ASSISTANCE AND
YOU'RE
TALKING
TO
%-SOMEONE ON THE
PHONE OR
SOMEONE
%-REACHES
OUT TO
YOU,
DON'T
%-HESITATE
TO
ASK
QUESTIONS,%-BECAUSE
IF
THERE'S
ANY RED
%-FLAGS,
YOU
SHOULD JUST
STOP
THE
%-CONVERSATION
AND
SAY, I
WILL
%-CALL
SOMEONE IF
I
NEED
%-ADDITIONAL HELP
AND
JUST END
IT
%-THERE.
%-BUT
ASKING
QUESTIONS
LIKE
WHAT'S
%-YOUR
LICENSE
NUMBER?%-WHO ARE
YOU --
WHO DO
YOU
WORK
%-FOR?%-WHAT
IS
YOUR
AFFILIATION
WITH
%-THE
OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONER%-OF
INSURANCE
OR
COVERING
%-WISCONSIN
OR
THE
HEALTH
%-INSURANCE
MARKETPLACE?%-ANY
PERSON WHO IS
LEGITIMATELY%-TRYING
TO HELP
YOU
CAN
EASILY
%-ANSWER ANY
OF
THOSE
QUESTIONS
%-AND
USUALLY
AUTOMATICALLY
GOES
%-THROUGH
A
CONSENT
PROCESS.
%-WE
ALWAYS
JUST
ENCOURAGE
FOLKS
%-EVEN TO
CALL
US
DIRECTLY FROM
%-THE
GET-GO, BECAUSE
EVEN
IF
IT'S
%-JUST A QUESTION
TO MAKE
SURE
%-THEY'RE AT THE RIGHT
SPOT,
LIKE
%-WE'D
RATHER
THEM
DO
THAT
THAN
BE
%-UNSURE AND
THEN FIND
OUT THE
%-HARD
WAY.
%- >> YEAH.%-THANK YOU
FOR
THAT
IMPORTANT%-INFORMATION FOR
WHAT
PEOPLE
%-SHOULD LOOK
FOR.%-CAROLINE GOMEZ-TOM, THANKS
SO
%-MUCH.%- >> THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
%- >> HEADING UP
NORTH,
THE
STORY
%-AND HISTORY
OF
OPPRESSION
AND
%-RESISTANCE
OF
NATIVE
TRIBE
ALONG
%-LAKE
SUPERIOR IS
TOLD
IN A NEW
%-DOCUMENTARY
CALLED BAD
RIVER.
%-THE
FILM
TRAVELS
CENTURIES
BACK
%-IN
TIME
CHRONICLING BROKEN
%-TREATIES, LAND
LOSS
AND
ATTEMPTS
%-TO WIPE
OUT
THEIR
IDENTITY.
%-BUT
DEFIANCE
AND
RESILIENCY
%-REMAIN
THE
COMMON THREAD
TO
%-OVERCOMING
STRUGGLE.
%-THE BAD RIVER
BAND
IS
FIGHTING
%-THE
EXISTENCE OF
A
70-YEAR
OLD
%-PIPELINE
FROM
ENBRIDGE
FROM
%-CANADA.%-LINE
5
IS
ON
LAND
LEASED BY
THE
%-BAND IN A
LEGAL
AGREEMENT LONG
%-EXPIRED.
%-MOREOVER, EXPERTS FEAR
THE
%-IMMINENT
RUPTURE OF
THE
AGING
%-INFRASTRUCTURE.%- >> WE
HAVE
A
CORPORATION THAT
%-WANTS THE
LAND
FOR
THEIR
OWN
%-PROFIT.%-THEY
ARE
SAYING YOU
CANNOT
BE%-THE
LAST
AUTHORITY
OF
DENIAL FOR
%-US.%-THIS IS
THE
CORPORATION
TELLING
%-THE
TRIBE, I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE
%-YOUR
MANAGER.
%- >> IT'S OUTRAGEOUS
THAT
ENBRIDGE
%-CONTINUED TO
PUMP.%- >> YOU
HAVE
A
VITAL
RESOURCE
AND
%-EFFECTIVELY YOU
HAVE
TRIBAL
%-COMMUNITY SAYING WE WANT
TO
SHUT%-ALL
OF
THAT
DOWN
AND
WE
DON'T
%-CARE
ABOUT
THE MILLIONS
OF
%-PEOPLE THAT
ARE
DEPENDENT
ON
%-540,000 BARRELS
OF
OIL THAT
ARE
%-GOING
THROUGH
THAT
PIPELINE ON
A%-DAILY
BASIS.
%- >> MY
LITTLE
TRIBE
IS
STANDING%-UP
AND
SAYING,
WE'RE
PROTECTING
%-THE
WATER,
NOT
JUST FOR
US,
%-WE'RE
PROTECTING
WATER FOR
THE
%-PLANET.
%- >> FILMMAKER, MARY
MAZZIO
AND
%-FORMER
CHAIRMAN OF
THE BAD
RIVER
%-BAND, MIKE
WIGGINS, JOINS
US
%-NOW.%-THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING
HERE.%- >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.%->> FIRST TO YOU,
MIKE.%-WHEN
YOU
FIRST
SAW
THIS
FILM,%-WHAT WAS
YOUR
REACTION?
%- >> MY FIRST
REACTION
WAS
%-ACTUALLY I
HAD A
VERY
POWERFUL
%-EMOTIONAL
REACTION.
%-THE
CHRONICLING OF
THE
BAD
RIVER
%-HISTORY, SOME
OF
IT
NOT
BEING
%-THE
EASIEST
TO
LISTEN TO
AND
%-WATCH,
CULMINATING WITH THE
%-EXPRESSION
OF
VALUES
AS
IT
%-PERTAINS TO
THE
SEVENTH
%-GENERATION, OUR
CHILDREN THAT
%-ARE
STILL ON
THE
WAIT
AND
ALSO
%-OUR
LANDSCAPES
AND
OUR
WATERS.
%-IT
JUST
WAS
A VERY,
VERY
%-POWERFUL KIND OF
REACTION
FOR
ME
%-WAS
BASICALLY
TEARS.%- >> WHAT IS
YOUR
RESPONSE
TO
%-ENBRIDGE SAYING THAT
THE
TRIBE
%-DOESN'T
CARE ABOUT
THE
PEOPLE
%-WHO
DEPEND ON
THE
540,000
%-GALLONS OF
OIL
GOING
THROUGH
%-THAT PIPELINE
EVERY
DAY?
%- >> WELL, THAT'S
A
%-CHARACTERIZATION FROM A
%-CORPORATION,
A
PRIVATE
%-CORPORATION
BEING
OPERATED
FOR
%-PROFIT
AND
OBVIOUSLY THE
REST
OF%-THAT
STORY
IS WE HAVE
OUR
SET
OF
%-VALUES
AND
OUR
CONCERNS THAT
%-DRINKING
WATER,
AQUIFERS, THE
%-ABILITY
FOR
OUR
PEOPLE
TO
STAY
%-IN
OUR
FOREVER
HOME
NOW
AND INTO
%-THE
FUTURE, AND SO
I
REALLY
%-THINK
IT'S
PART OF
THE
LOW
BROW%-BOOK OF
TACTICS
THAT
ENBRIDGE
%-HAS UNLEASHED
ON
OUR
PEOPLE
%-TRYING
TO
CHARACTERIZE
US IN
A
%-NEGATIVE
WAY
WHEN
REALLY THERE
%-ARE
OPTIONS, THERE
ARE
OTHER
%-PIPELINES THAT
ARE
RUNNING
TO
%-THOSE
PARTICULAR
PEOPLE
AND
%-AREAS
AND AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY,
%-THAT
ENBRIDGE
SPOKESPERSON
IS
%-REALLY
TALKING
ABOUT
HIS
VERY
%-OWN
CORPORATE
PROFIT.
%- >> MARY, WHY WAS
THIS
FILM
%-IMPORTANT FOR YOU
TO
MAKE?%- >> THANK YOU FOR
THAT
AND THANK%-YOU FOR HAVING US,
FREDERICA.%-I
THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A
%-STORY
THAT
HAS
NOT
HERETOFORE
%-HAD VERY MUCH
ATTENTION
AND
IT'S%-ABOUT
THIS
SMALL
NATIVE
%-COMMUNITY
THAT,
WITH
MONUMENTAL
%-EFFORT, IS
LOOKING
TO
PROTECT
A
%-RESOURCE,
AND
AS
FARMER
!!
FORMER
CHAIRMAN
%-HAS
SAID,
IT'S
THE
FRESH
WATER
%-OF
AMERICA.
%-HERE
ARE
PEOPLE
FIGHTING
TOOTH
%-AND NAIL
TO
PROTECT
THE
%-RESOURCE,
TURNING
DO
DOWN
$80
%-MILLION AT LAST
CHECK
TO SETTLE
%-THE CASE AND
THEY'RE
DOING
IT%-NOT FOR
THEMSELVES, THEY'RE
%-DOING
IT
FOR ALL
OF
US.
%-AND THAT
IS
A
REMARKABLE ACT OF
%-SELFLESSNESS,
OF
LONG-TERM
%-THINKING,
AND
FOR
ME AS
A
%-NONNATIVE,
WHAT
A
ADJOURN THIS%-HAS
BEEN AND
IF
ONLY I
CAN
START
%-THINKING IN
A
MORE
%-GROUP-ORIENTED WAY WHAT
IS
%-BETTER FOR
COMMUNITY, WHAT IS
%-BETTER
FOR
SOCIETY,
HOW
AMAZING
%-WOULD THAT BE
IF MORE
OF
US
%-COULD DO
THAT.
%- >> MIKE,
BACK TO
YOU.
%-A
FEDERAL
JUDGE
GAVE
ENBRIDGE%-THREE YEARS
TO
REMOVE THE
%-PIPELINE.%-WHAT ARE
YOUR
CONCERNS
ABOUT
%-THAT?
%- >> WELL, THE
VERY --
THE
%-ELEPHANT IN
THE
CORNER
ON
%-NOTIONS
OF
REMOVAL
CENTER
AROUND
%-ENBRIDGE'S
DESIRE
TO
REROUTE,
%-STAYING WITHIN
THE
WATERSHED.
%-THE
REROUTE IS GOING TO BE
%-CATASTROPHIC.%-WE'VE SEEN
IN
LINE
3
IN
%-MINNESOTA THE BREACHING
OF
%-AQUIFERS
AND
WATER
TOXICITY.
%-THE
REROUTE AS IT
PERTAINS
TO
%-BAD
RIVER
IS IN
A REALLY
%-SENSITIVE AREA OF
THE
UPPER
%-WATERSHED WHERE
GROUNDWATER
AND
%-SURFACE
WATER
INTERACT.
%-AND
THEN
THERE'S
THE
TOPIC
%-THAT'S
NEVER BEEN
DISCUSSED,%-WHICH IS
THE
DECOMMISSIONING
AND
%-SAFE
REMOVAL OF
THE
PIPE AND ALL
%-OF ITS
BEGGED
BECAUSE
!!
BEDDING
BECAUSE THE
%-BEDDING IS NOT
VERY
GOOD FOR THE
%-ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE
%-DECOMMISSIONING AND
REMOVAL
FROM
%-THAT
RESERVATION IS GOING TO BE
%-A
JOURNEY,
TOO,
AND
THERE'S
%-NOBODY TALKING
ABOUT
THAT IN%-TERMS OF IMPACTS AND
COSTS.%- >> I WANTED TO ASK
YOU,
YOU
%-SPOKE TO
THE
REROUTE.%-IN
AN
OPINION
PIECE IN
THE
%-SENTINEL THIS
WEEK,
A BAD
RIVER
%-TRIBAL MEMBER SAID
THAT
SOME
%-TRIBAL
MEMBERS, HE
SAID
PERHAPS
%-MANY,
WANT THAT
PIPELINE,
THAT
%-REROUTE OF THE PIPELINE
BECAUSE
%-IT
REPRESENTS
CONSTRUCTION
JOBS
%-FOR
THEM.%-WHAT
IS YOUR
RESPONSE
TO
THAT?
%- >> WELL, THAT
PARTICULAR
OPINION
%-PIECE, I'VE SEEN
THE
TRADEMARK
%-FINGERPRINTS
OF
ENBRIDGE'S
%-PUBLIC RELATIONS ARM
IN
THAT
%-LETTER, BUT AT
THE END OF
THE
%-DAY, WITH
THAT
TRIBAL MEMBER
%-SIGNING THAT
AND
TAKING
%-OWNERSHIP, I
THOUGHT
THE
OVERALL
%-LETTER
BASICALLY
CENTERED
AROUND
%-MONEY,
IT'S
CENTERED
AROUND
%-SELF-INTEREST IN TERMS OF --%-THERE
WAS
A
PIECE
IN
THERE
WHERE
%-HE
TALKED
ABOUT
MONEY
AND
GOING
%-DIRECTLY
TO
PEOPLE,
AND
IT'S
%-HARD TO
FAULT
FOLKS
FOR
THEIR
%-DESIRE IT OFF
MONEY
IN
THEIR
%-POCKET.%-THIS IS A
BROADER
%-NATION-BUILDING ISSUE THAT
HAS
%-RIPPLE
EFFECTS
THAT
GO
DECADES
%-AND
PROBABLY
CENTURIES INTO
THE
%-FUTURE,
SO
OUR
GOVERNING
BODY
%-HAS
CONTINUED
TO TAKE
A
UNIFIED
%-STAND
AGAINST
THESE TYPES
OF
%-CORPORATE ACTIVITIES IN
THE
%-WATERSHED
AND
PART
OF
THE
%-ENBRIDGE STRATEGY HAS BEEN
TO%-TRY
TO
USURP
THE
TRIBAL
%-GOVERNMENT, TO GO DIRECTLY TO
%-PEOPLE,
TO
PUSH
FOR
ESSENTIALLY
%-THE
TAKEOVER
AND/OR
THWARTING OF
%-THE TRIBAL
GOVERNANCE
STANCE.%-THAT LETTER
WAS
PER THE
SCRIPT.
%- >> MARY,
HOW
HAS
THIS
FILM
BEEN
%-RECEIVED?
%- >> WELL,
WE
OPENED
WITH
AMC
%-THEATRES
ON
MARCH
15th
IN
12
%-CITIES.
%-WE
NOT
ONLY
EXTENDED
BUT
%-EXPANDED
TO 25
LOCATIONS,
%-ACTUALLY,
MOSTLY
IN
WISCONSIN,
%-CHICAGO,
MINNESOTA.
%-E CONTINUE
TO
PLAY
TODAY
IN
%-MADISON AND
MANY
OTHER
%-LOCATIONS.
%-IF
YOUR
VIEWERS GO
TO BAD
RIVER
%-FILM.COM, THERE'S
ON-LINE
%-TICKETING.%-WHAT WE
HEARD
FROM
CERTAIN
%-THEATRES, PARTICULARLY
THE
%-ASHLAND
THEATRE,
WAS THAT
THE
%-FILM
HAD
OUTPERFORMED
DUNE,
%-GHOSTBUSTERS
AND
GODZILLA, WHICH%-IS
JUST UNHEARD
OF FOR
A
%-DOCUMENTARY
FILM.%-AND SO I
THINK
WHAT
WE'RE
SEEING
%-IS
EXTRAORDINARY
REACTION TO
THE
%-PROJECT, A LOT OF
LEARNING
BY
%-NONNATIVES THAT GO
IN TO
SEE
THE
%-MOVIE AND
WERE
VERY
EXCITED%-ABOUT
THE
ADJOURN
AHEAD.%- >> ALL RIGHT.
%-WELL, WE
WANT
TO THANK YOU
BOTH%-VERY MUCH
FOR JOINING
US
TO
TALK%-ABOUT
THIS
IMPORTANT
PROJECT.
%-MARY MAZZIO
AND
MIKE
WIGGINS,%-THANK
YOU.%- >> THANK YOU SO
MUCH,
FREDERICA.
%- >> FOR
MORE ON
THIS AND
OTHER
%-ISSUES FACING
WISCONSIN,
VISIT
%-OUR
WEBSITE
AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG%-AND
THEN
CLICK ON
THE
NEWS
TAB.
%-THAT'S
OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.%-HAVE A
GOOD
WEEKEND.
%- >> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS%-PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR%-JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS%-WISCONSIN
.