% >>
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW,"
THE
% LATEST ON THE
DUSTUP
BETWEEN
THE
% STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND
% MEMBERS OF THE
JOINT
FINANCE
% COMMITTEE.
% A
!
A
CLOSER
LOOK
AT
THE
7TH
% CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT
AS
% CONGRESSMAN SEAN
DUFFY
ANNOUNCES
% HIS
DEPARTURE.
% A LOOK
AT
THE
PRICE
DIABETICS
% ARE
PAYING
TO
STAY HEALTHY.
% A NEW
REPORT ON
THE
STATUS
OF
% WISCONSIN
WORKFORCE.
% IT'S "HERE AND NOW."
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW"
IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% >>
A
FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT
AT
THE
% PRACTICAL
IMPLICATIONS OF
THE
% LAME
DUCK
LAWS
LIMITING
THE
% AUTHORITY OF THE
GOVERNOR AND
% THE
STATE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
AS
% THEY
CAME
INTO
VIEW
THAT
WEEK
% WHEN JOSH KAUL
APPEARED
BEFORE% THE
JOINT
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
% SEEKING TO
GET
APPROVAL AS
% REQUIRED
TO
RESOLVE
OR
REACH
% SETTLEMENTS IN
STATE
LAWSUITS
OF
% WHICH THERE ARE
SOME
15
AWAITING
% JFC
APPROVAL.
% THE
PROCESS
BROKE
DOWN
WHEN
% LEGISLATORS
REFUSED
TO
SIGN
% CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENTS.
% BY
WEEK'S END
THE
CO-CHAIRS
% HIRED A
LAWYER
TO
SIGN
THE
% SECRECY
ORDER ON
THE
COMMITTEE'S
% BEHALF
AND
SAID
THEY
STOOD
READY
% TO
APPROVE
ANY
SETTLEMENTS THAT% ARE IN THE
STATE'S
INTEREST,
ALL% OF
THIS
UNFOLDING
AS
KAUL
TOLD
% LAWMAKERS HE
HAD A
CASE
OF
% TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE TO THE%
STATE THAT
DEMANDED QUICK
% ATTENTION.
% ONE POBLGHT
!
POSSIBILITY
O
N
THAT?
% PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
ARE
IN
% SETTLEMENT
TALKS
RELATED TO
THE
% OPIOID
CRISIS.
% KAUL'S OFFICE
SAID A
HURRY-UP
% DEADLINE TO ACT
WAS
NO
LONGER
IN
% PLAY.
% HERE'S
WHAT
REPUBLICAN
CO-CHAIRS
% SAID ABOUT ALL
OF
THIS
LATE
% THURSDAY.
% DESPITE
THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S
% OBVIOUS
EFFORTS
TO
UNDERMINE
% STATE LAW.
% THE COMMITTEE
ON
JOINT
FINANCE
% HAS
AUTHORIZED COUNSEL TO
SIGN
% THE
CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT
% PROPOSED BY
THE
ATTORNEY
%
GENERAL.
% THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S
DEMAND
I
S
% CONTRARY
TO
HIS
PRIOR
PRACTICE,
% INCLUDING WHEN
DISCUSSING% SETTLEMENTS WITH THE
GOVERNOR,
% AND
IS AN
OBVIOUS
EFFORT
TO
% UNDERMINE THE
LAW BY
DELAYING
% THE
COMMITTEE'S
WORK.
% ATTORNEY
GENERAL KAUL
RESPONDED
% THAT,
QUOTE, WE ARE
ASSESSING
% THE
CO-CHAIRS'
PROPOSED
% CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.
% WE
WILL
CONTINUE
ATTEMPTING
TO
% REACH
AGREEMENT ON
THIS
ISSUE
AS
% WE
BEGAN
ATTEMPTING
TO
DO MORE
% THAN
SIX
MONTHS
AGO.
% OUR
INTEREST
REMAINS
I
N
ENSURING
% THAT
WISCONSINITES ARE
% REPRESENTED AS
EFFECTIVELY
AS
% POSSIBLE AND THAT
THE
% ENFORCEMENT OF
OUR
% ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSUMER%PROT
ECTION AND OTHER
LAWS
IS
NOT
% IMPEDED BY
PARTISAN
% GAMESMANSHIP.
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC
RADIO
CAPITOL
% REPORTER LAUREL
WHITE
HAS
% COVERED THIS
DEVELOPING
STORY
% AND SHE
JOINS
U
S
NOW
FROM
THE
% STATE
CAPITOL.% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THANKS FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
SO
DOES
THIS
STRIKE
OBSERVERS
% AND
REPORTERS
THAT JOSH
KAUL
IS
% PUSHING
THE
PARTISAN ENVELOPE
TO
% HIGHLIGHT HIS
DISFAVOR WITH
THE
% NEW
RULES?
% >> SO
I
THINK
IT'S
DIFFICULT
FOR
% SOME
FOLKS
TO
FORGET
THAT
% ATTORNEY
GENERAL
KAUL HAS
BEEN
% VERY
VOCAL
IN
HIS
OPPOSITION
TO
% THIS
LAW
SINCE IT WAS
P
ASSED.
% HE'S
TALKED
ABOUT
HOW
IT'S
% UNCONSTITUTIONAL, HOW IT
GIVES
% LAWMAKERS TOO
MUCH
POWER
OVER
% SOMETHING
THE
ATTORNEY JOURNAL% IN
THE
PAST
HAS
SEEN
SORT
OF
% UNILATERALLY CONTROL OVER.
% SO
LAWMAKERS AND
OTHERS
ARE
KIND
% OF
POINTING
TO
THE
ATTORNEY
% GENERAL
HIGHLIGHTING SOME
OF
% THESE
PRACTICAL
ROADBLOCKS
AS
% THEY MAY
BE
RELATED TO
THAT
KIND
% OF
OVERARCHING AGAINST
THE
LAW
% IN
PRINCIPLE.% >>
AND
YET ON
THE
OTHER
SIDE% COULD IT
BE
VIEWED
AS THE
% OPPOSITE, THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE
% PLAYING
THE
PARTISAN POWER
CARD?
% >>
REPUBLICANS CERTAINLY
HAVE A
% LOT OF
POWER
IN
THIS
SCENARIO.
% THEY
PASSED
THIS
LAW
BECAUSE
OF
% THEIR
STRONG
MAJORITIES
IN
BOTH
% CHAMBERS OF
THE
STATE
% LEGISLATURE
AND
IT'S
THE
LAW OF% THE LAND.
% THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
DOESN'T
% HAVE A
CHOICE
IN
WHETHER HE
% FOLLOWS
IT
UNLESS
IT'S
APPEALED
% OR
STRATEGIC
DOWN
BY A
COURT.% >>
THIS COULD
BE
THE
PRACTICAL
% OUTCOME
THAT
REQUIRE
LEGISLATIVE
% APPROVAL
TO
RESOLVE
CASES
WHICH
% ARE
DYNAMIC.% >> WE
HEARD
ABOUT
THE
CASE
THIS
% WEEK.
% THE
REASON
THE
COMMITTEE WAS
% CALLED
IN
ON
SUCH
SHORT
NOTICE
% WAS A TIGHT
DEADLINE
IN A
% PARTICULAR CASE.
% THAT
DEADLINE
IS
GONE
NOW.
% THAT'S NOT
TO
SAY
THAT
ANOTHER
% DEADLINE
MIGHT
EMERGE
IN
THIS
% CASE
OR A
SIMILAR
CASE OR
OTHER
% CASES DOWN
THE ROAD.
%
SO
LAWMAKERS
AND
THE
ATTORNEY
% GENERAL CERTAINLY NEED
TO COME
% UP
WITH A
PROCESS FOR
HANDLING
% THESE LAWSUITS
BECAUSE
THEY
% SOMETIMES REQUIRE
QUICK
ACTION.% >>
YEAH.
% SO
IF
IN
THIS
CASE
THE
URGENCY
% IS
OFF,
AS
THE
JUSTICE
% DEPARTMENT NOW
SAYS,
WHAT'S
LEFT
% IS
FOR
IT TO
BE
DETERMINED
% WHETHER A REPUBLICAN LAWYER
CAN
% SIGN A
CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENT
% ON
BEHALF OF
T
HE
COMMITTEE
% MEMBERS.
% WHAT
DO
WE
KNOW
ABOUT
WHETHER
% THIS
PASSES
MUSTER?
% >> SO
WE
KNOW
THAT
CERTAINLY
% REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS THAT
HIRED
% THE
PRIVATE
LAWYER
BELIEVE THAT% THIS
IS
GOING TO
BE
SUFFICIENT% TO
MEET
THE
ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S
% CONFIDENTIALITY
REQUIREMENTS.
% WE
ALSO
KNOW
THAT A
MEMO
CAME
% OUT
FROM
THE LEGISLATIVE% REFERENCE BUREAU,
WHICH IS
THE
% LEGISLATURE'S
NONPARTISAN% RESEARCH OFFICE,
THAT
KIND
OF
% CALLS
THAT
INTO
QUESTION.
% SO WHAT
WE'RE
WAITING
FOR
NOW
IS% AN
OFFICIAL OPINION
FROM
THE
% ATTORNEY
GENERAL,
WHO OF
COURSE
% HAS
MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT
THE
% SORT OF
BINDING
LEGAL
AGREEMENT
% HE'S
ENTERED INTO
WITH
THE
% DIFFERENT PARTIES THAT
HE'S
% NEGOTIATING SETTLEMENT
% AGREEMENTS.
% SO WHETHER OR NOT
HE
FINDS
THESE
% -- YOU
KNOW,
THIS
NEW
PROVISION
% FROM
REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS, THIS% HIRING
OF A
PRIVATE
LAWYER,
% SUFFICIENT TO
MEET
HIS
NEEDS.% >>
YES.
% AS YOU
SAY,
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
% KAUL
SAYS
HE'S
NOW
REVIEWING
% THIS
SITUATION, BUT
IT
SOUNDS
% LIKE
WE'RE
GOING
TO
SEE
% EVERYTHING
RIGHT
BACK
IN
JOINT
% FINANCE,
WITH
MAYBE
SOME OF
THE
% SAME
DISPUTES.% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% WE
KNOW
THAT,
AS
YOU
MENTIONED
% SHES JOINT
FINANCE
IS
FACING% MORE
THAN A
DOZEN
OF THESE
% CASES.
% THERE'S A BACKLOG OF
CASES
% WAITING APPROVAL
FROM
LAWMAKERS.
% AGAIN
ANOTHER URGENT
DEADLINE
% CAN
EMERGE.
% THESE
CASES
ARE
DYNAMIC
AND
% SOMETIMES MOVE
VERY
QUICKLY.
% SO WE
COULD
BE
BACK
HAVING
THE
% SAME
CONVERSATION VERY
SOON.
% >>
MEANWHILE,
THE
LAME
DUCK
LAWS
% THEMSELVES ARE IN
THE
COURTS.
% WHAT'S
THE
STATUS
O
F
THOSE
% CASES?
% >>
SO THERE
ARE
FOUR
LAME
DUCK
% LAWSUITS THAT ARE
OUT
THERE.
% ACTUALLY, ONE
OF
THEM
HAS
% ALREADY BEEN
RESOLVED, A
STATE
% LEVEL
LAWSUIT THAT
RECEIVED A% RULING FROM
THE
WISCONSIN% SUPREME COURT
EARLIER THIS
% SUMMER.
% THEY
RULED
IN
FAVOR
OF
% REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS.
% THERE'S ANOTHER
THAT'S
AWAITING
% ARGUMENTS IN FRONT OF
THE% SUPREME COURT.
% THERE
ARE
TWO
FEDERAL
CASES THAT% ARE
BOTH
I
N
STAGES
OF OPINIONS% BEING
ISSUED
BY
JUDGES
ANY
DAY.
% SO WE
COULD
HEAR
ON
THOSE
SOON.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% LAUREL
WHITE, THANK YOU
VERY
% MUCH
AND
THANKS FOR
YOUR
% REPORTING ON
THIS.
% >>
ABSOLUTELY.
% THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
IN
MAJOR
ELECTION
NEWS
I
N
% WISCONSIN,
REPUBLICAN
% CONGRESSMAN SEAN
DUFFY
ANNOUNCED
% THIS WEEK
HE
IS
STEPPING
DOWN
% EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 23.
% DUFFY MADE
HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT
IN A
% FACEBOOK POST
SAYING,
IN
PART,
% RECENT WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT
OUR
% BABY,
DUE
IN
LATE
OCTOBER,
WILL
% NEED
EVEN
MORE
LOVE,
TIME
AND
% ATTENTION DUE
TO
COMPLICATIONS,
% INCLUDING A HEART
CONDITION.
% WITH MUCH
PRAYER,
HE
SAYS, I
% HAVE
DECIDED
THAT THIS IS
THE
% RIGHT TIME FOR
ME
TO
TAKE A
% BREAK
FROM
PUBLIC SERVICE
IN
% ORDER TO
BE
THE
SUPPORT MY
WIFE,
% BABY
AND
FAMILY NEED
RIGHT
NOW.
% DUFFY WAS
FIRST
ELECTED
TO
% REPRESENT
WISCONSIN'S
7TH
% CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IN
2010.
% HE
BECAME A
STAUNCH
REPORTER
O
F
% PRESIDENT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
% WE
CHECK
IN
WITH
UW-SUPERIOR
% POLITICAL
SCIENCE
PROFESSOR
% ALISA
VON
HAGEL
TO
DISCUSS
THE
% IMPLICATIONS.%>> THANK
YOU
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
OF
HIS
% DEPARTURE ARE
DIFFICULT FOR
HIM
% PERSONAL
LE,
B
UT
!
PERSONALLY, BUT
YOU
BELIEVE IT'S
% PART
OF A
TREND.
% HOW
SO?
% >>
SO
YOU
SEE
THAT
PRIOR
TO
THE
% 2018
MIDTERM
ELECTIONS AND
% FOLLOWING, THERE'S
BEEN A
WAVE
% OF
REPUBLICANS
RESIGNING,
% RETIRING,
LEAVING
OFFICE
OR
% DECLARING THAT
THEY
WILL
NOT
% SEEK
PUBLIC OFFICE
AGAIN
IN
THE
% FUTURE.
% AND
S
O
PART
OF
THIS
IS
JUST
% THEIR
LOOKING
TO
THE
FUTURE,
% SEEING -- O
R
AT
LEAST
IN
2018,
% LEADING UP TO THE
MIDTERMS,
% THERE
WASN'T
OBVIOUSLY
HIGH
% HOPES
FOR
THE
REPUBLICANS
TO
% HOLD
ONTO
THE
MAJORITY
IN
THE
% HOUSE.
% AND SO
BEING
IN
THE
MINORITY AND
% SORT OF
SEEING
THAT
VISION OF% BEING IN
THE
MINORITY IN
THE
% FUTURE
IS
NOT
FUN
FOR
% LEGISLATORS OR
IS
NOT
SOMETHING
% THAT
ALLOWS
THEM
TO
REALLY
% ACCOMPLISH THE
GOALS
THAT
THEY
% SET OUT TO
DO.
% SO
YOU
JUST
SEE A
WAVE
OF
% REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
% THAT HAVE
BEEN
RESIGNING OR
% RETIRING SINCE
THEN.% >>
DO
YOU
FEEL AS
THOUGH
THE
% TURBULENCE OF
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION HAS ANYTHING TO%
DO
WITH
THE
REPUBLICAN KIND
OF
% MINI
EXODUS?
% >>
IT
CERTAINLY
HAS
PLAYED A
% ROLE, NO
DOUBT.
% EVEN
THOSE
WHO
ARE
STAUNCH
% ALLIES OF THE
PRESIDENT OR
% SUPPORT ON THE
ADMINISTRATION'S
% AGENDA, YOU
KNOW,
THERE'S
JUST
% ALWAYS A
CONTROVERSY
OR
SOME
% GAFFE, SOMETHING
THAT
HAPPENS,
% AND
LEGISLATORS
ARE
OFTEN
% HOUNDED BY
NEWS
REPORTERS
TO
B
E
% ASKED ABOUT
THE
LATEST
TWEET
OR
% WHATNOT.
% AND
IT'S
JUST A
LOT
OF
MORE
% TENSION,
MORE
CONFLICT THEY HAVE
% TO
DEAL
WITH,
EVEN
IF THEY ARE
% STILL VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THE
% PRESIDENT AND
HIS
GOALS.
% >>
THE
FIRST
THOUGHT
MANY
HAD
ON
% HEARING
THAT SEAN DUFFY
WAS
% RESIGNING WAS
HE'D
BE
THROWING
% HIS HAT
IN
THE
RING
FOR
U.S.
% SENATE
OR
EVEN
GOVERNOR.
% WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF
THAT?
% >>
YEAH.
% THAT
SPECULATION HAS
BEEN
MADE
% EVEN
BEFORE
THIS
RESIGNATION AT% THIS
TIME.
% THERE WAS TALK
OF
HIM
RUNNING
% FOR
CHALLENGING
TAMMY
BALDWIN
IN
% 2018
FOR
HER
SEAT,
BUT IT
WAS
% SORT OF
DETERMINED
THAT
HER
% SUPPORT
WAS JUST TOO
STRONG I
N
% THE
STATE
AND
IT
WOULDN'T
BE
% WORTH
IT.
% THERE'S TALK OF
HIM
RUNNING FOR
% RON
JOHNSON'S SEAT
IN
THE
% FUTURE.
% AND WHETHER OR NOT
THIS
TIME
OFF
% WILL
HELP
OR
HINDER
HIS
ABILITY
% TO DO
THAT,
HE
LEFT
OFFICE
WITH
% ABOUT
2.4
MILLION
IN
HIS
WAR
% CHEST, DOES SEEMS
LIKE A
LOT
OF
% MONEY
CERTAINLY,
BUT
AT
LEAST
TO
% MYSELF,
BUT IT
IS
FOR
--
RUNNING
% FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE, ES
!
ESPECIALLY
% RUNNING
FOR
SENATE AT THAT
LEVEL
% OF
OFFICE
IS
REALLY
NOT
NOWHERE
% NEAR
ENOUGH
T
O
REALLY
START
% MAKING A
SOLID
RUN
TOWARDS
THAT
% OFFICE.
% AND
SO
IT'S HARD TO
SAY.
% IT'S HARD TO
SAY.
% >>
WHAT
KIND
OF
SCRUM
DO
YOU
% EXPECT
THERE TO
BE
AS
POTENTIAL
% CANDIDATES TO
REPLACE
AND
LINE% UP
AND JUMP
INTO
THE
RACE?
% >> THERE HAVE
BEEN A
NUMBER
OF
% CANDIDATES, STATE
REPS,
T
HAT
% HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
THROWING
THEIR
% HAT INTO
THE
RING.
% I'VE
HEARD
JAMES,
JANET
BIEWLY,
% TOM
TIFFANY A
REPUBLICAN THAT
% RIGHT
AWAY
JUMPED
INTO
THE
RACE
% OR THAT
AT
LEAST
STATED
HIS
% INTENTION IN
RUNNING.
% AND
SO
THERE
WILL
NO
DOUBT
BE
% MORE
AND
MORE
CANDIDATES
COMING
% FORWARD AS WE
HAVE
THE
SPECIAL
% ELECTION
DATE
ESTABLISHED
AND
WE
% GET
CLOSER
LEADING UP
TO
THAT
% DATE.%>>
NOW, SEAN
DUFFY
WON
THAT
% DISTRICT
BY
20
PERCENTAGE POINTS
% LAST
YEAR,
THE
SAME
MARGIN% PRESIDENT TRUMP WON
IT
BY
IN
% 2016.
% SO IS
IT A
SUPER
SOLID
% REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT FOLLOWING
% REDISTRICTING?%>>
WELL,
YOU
KNOW,
IT'S HARD TO
% SAY.
% SO
THE
DISTRICT
HAS
CERTAINLY
% MOVED
TO A
MORE
CONSERVATIVE
% BENT
SINCE SEAN DUFFY HAS
BEEN
% IN
OFFICE,
AND
DESPITE
THAT,
% WHEN
HE
RESIGNED, THE
DAY
AFTER
% HE
RESIGNED,
HIS
DISTRICT
IN
THE
% COOK'S
CLINICAL
REPORT
WAS
% CLASSIFIED
AS
SOLIDLY
% REPUBLICAN, WAS
TRANSFERRED TO
% LEANING REPUBLICAN.
% AND
SO
THERE'S
ALREADY
SIGNS
% THAT
GIVEN
THE
LARGER
NATIONWIDE
% TRENDS OF
THE
CONTROVERSY
WITH
% THE
ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE
% CONTINUED
PRESENCE OF
THE
% DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY
IN
CONGRESS,
% THAT THIS MAY
NOT
BE A
GOOD
% UPCOMING
YEAR
FOR
REPUBLICANS.
% AND
SO
IT
CERTAINLY
IS
GOING TO
% BE A TOUGH
BATTLE
FOR
WHOEVER
% DECIDES TO
RUN.
% >> OKAY.
% MIGHT
BE
IN
PLAY.
% ALISA
VON
HAGEL,
THANKS
VERY
% MUCH.%>> THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% >>
THIS
MONTH,
THE
GOVERNOR
% SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
% CREATING A
TASK
FORCE
ON
% REDUCING
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
% PRICES
IN
WISCONSIN.
% TONIGHT, WE
HAVE AN
INSIDE
LOOK
% AT
HOW
FOR
DIABETICS
THE COST
OF
% LIFE-SAVING
INSULIN
HAS
GONE
% THROUGH THE
ROOF.
% FOR PATIENTS IN
WISCONSIN,
NEW
% LEGISLATION,
EVEN APART
FROM
THE
% TASK
FORCE,
COULD
PROVIDE
HOPE% FOR
CURBING
THOSE
COSTS.
% AS MARISA WOJCIK REPORTS
FROM
% APPLETON, THAT WOULD
BE
WELCOME
% NEWS
FOR A
WOMAN
THERE
WHO
% CANNOT AFFORD
THE
HIGH
PRICE
OF
% INSULIN SOLD
IN
THE UNITED
% STATES.
% >>
I
WOULD
DO
267
MINUS
125
% WHICH IS
WHERE
I
LIKE TO
BE
AND
% DIVIDE BY
35.
% >>
25-YEAR-OLD
JULIA
FLARE
FLAHERTY
% HAS BECOME
GOOD
AT
MATH.% >>
I'M A
LITTLE
HIGH
RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
SHE
CALCULATES WHAT'S
IN
THE
% FOOD
SHE'S
ABOUT
TO
EAT
AND HOW
% MUCH
FAST-ACTING
INSULIN
SHE'LL
% NEED TO
GIVE
HERSELF.
% SHE
HAS
TYPE
1
DIABETES, A% DISEASE
SHE'S
BEEN
LIVING
WITH
% SINCE SHE WAS
TEN
YEARS
OLD.% >>
I
REALIZED
THAT
EVEN AT TEN I
% WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO
BE
VERY
% RESPONSIBLE AND
VERY
AWARE
OF
MY
% BODY.%>>
SHE
LIVES
IN
APPLETON
AND
% WORKS
AS A
DIGITAL
MARKETING
% SPECIALIST, A STEADY JOB
THAT
% INCLUDES
HEALTH
INSURANCE
% BENEFITS.
% EVEN
SO,
THE
PRICE
OF
LIVING
% WITH DIABETES ADDS
UP.
% >>
I
GO TO
SEE
MY ENDOCRINE
NOL
% LIST.
% THAT'S ABOUT
$500 EACH
TIME.% >>
THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND
OF
% MENTAL
MATH.% >>
300,
200,
315,
75.
% >>
BY
FAR
THE
MOST
COST
% PROHIBITIVE IS
THE
LIFE-SAVING
% DRUG
THAT
REGULATES
HER
% DIABETES:
INSULIN.% >>
IT
WOULD
COST
ABOUT
$1800
IN
% THE
U.S.
FOR
90
DAYS
WHERE THE
% SAME
EXACT
MEDICATION
FROM
% CANADA
IS
ABOUT
$315 FOR
ME.
% THERE'S
NO
PREMIUM
INSULIN.
% THERE'S
NO
GENERIC.% >>
IN
THE UNITED STATES
THE COST
% OF
INSULIN
HAS
TRIPLED
SINCE
% 2002.
% WHILE
JULIA
GETS
SOME
HELP
FROM
% HER
INSURANCE, SHE
HAS A
VERY% HIGH
DEDUCTIBLE,
WHICH
MEANS
% MOST COSTS
COME OUT
OF
HER
% POCKET.%>>
WE
DON'T
HAVE A
CHOICE.
% WE
HAVE
TO
BUY
IT
OR
WE
DIE.% >>
DIABETICS NEED
INSULIN.
% WITHOUT
IT
THEY
FACE
SERIOUS
% HEALTH
RISKS,
INCLUDING
DEATH.
% BUT
DESPITE
THE
SERIOUS
DANGERS,% A
RECENT
STUDY
SAYS
ONE
IN
FOUR
% PATIENTS
REPORTED
RATIONING
% THEIR
INSULIN
DUE
TO
HIGH
COSTS.
% THEY'RE
TURNING
TO
CANADA FOR
% CHEAPER
PRESCRIPTION DRUG
% PRICES.%>> I WAS
KINDS
OF
SKEPTICAL
% ABOUT IT
FOR A
WHILE.
% I WAS
LOOKING
INTO
IF THERE
WAS
% ANY
LEGAL
IMPLICATION
THAT
COULD
% COME BACK
A
T
ME.
% >>
IT
WASN'T AN EASY
PROCESS.% >>
I
HAD TO GO
THROUGH A
LOT
OF
% FORMS
AND
BACK
AND
FORTH
WITH
% THE
NURSES
AND
MY
DOCTOR,
BUT% THEY WERE
WILLING
TO
WORK
WITH
% ME ON
THAT.
% SO I
WAS
VERY
APPRECIATIVE.
% BUT THAT'S
NOT A
SOLUTION, YOU
% KNOW.
% IT'S A
WORK-AROUND.% >>
BUT
NEW
STATE
LEGISLATION
IS
% HOPING TO
CHANGE
THAT.
% MODELED
AFTER A
BILL
IN
% COLORADO, A
WISCONSIN
DEMOCRATIC
% BILL
AIMS
TO
PLACE A
CAP ON
THE
% TYPE
OF
INKS
!
INSULIN
CO-PAYS
AT
$100% A MONTH.
% THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF
% HEALTH PLANS
HAS
SAID
THEY'RE
% STILL
REVIEWING THE
PROPOSAL,
% BUT SAID
DRUG
MANUFACTURERS ARE
% RESPONSIBLE FOR
SETTING
AND
% REGULARLY
INCREASING
THE
HIGH
% LIST PRICE
FOR
INSULIN.
% THIS
PROPOSAL DOES
NOTHING
TO
% ADDRESS
THE
ACTUAL
AND
% UNSUSTAINABLE PRICE
OF
INSULIN.
% BUT
JULIA
I
S
STILL
ENCOURAGED
% SHE
IS
USING
HER
DIGITAL
% MARKETING
BACKGROUND TO
BRING
% AWARENESS
ONLINE.% >>
I
WOULD
LIKE TO
SEE
COSTS
BE
% MORE
AFFORDABLE
AND
ACCESSIBLE
% DESPITE
YOUR
SOCIOECONOMIC
% STATUS,
NOT
JUST
IN
WISCONSIN,
% BUT ACROSS
THE UNITED
STATES.
% THERE ARE
PETITIONS
GOING
OUT
% STATE BY
STATE
EVERY
DAY
ON
% WEBSITES
LIKE
CHANGE.ORG.
% I'M HAPPY
THAT
THE
CONVERSATION
% IS
STRONGER AROUND IT.
% BUT THIS IS
REALLY
JUST
THE
% BEGINNING.%>>
REPORTING
FROM
APPLETON,
I'M% MARISA
WOJCIK.% >>
TO
DIG
INTO
THE
CHALLENGES
% PEOPLE
WITH
DIABETES
FACE, AS
% WELL
AS
HOW
LEGISLATION MIGHT
% CURB
THE COST OF
INSULIN, W
E
% TURN
TO
DR. LASHAWN
GIVEER.
% HOW
CONCERNING IS IT TO
YOU
THAT
% PEOPLE MIGHT
BE
RATIONING
THEIR
% INSULIN BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH
% COST?
% >>
IT'S
EXTREMELY
CONCERNING.
% THIS
IS
SOMETHING
THAT
WE
HEAR
% NOW ALMOST
ON A
WEEKLY
BASIS,
% THAT
PEOPLE
HAVE
HAVING
TO
% RATION
THEIR
INSULIN, GO
WITHOUT
% THEIR
INSULIN
OR
MAKE
HARD
LIFE
% CHOICES
REGARDING
UTILITIES AND
% HOUSING
EXPENSES
AND
OTHER
% EXPENSES
FOR
DAILY
LIVING
% BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH COST
OF
% INSULIN.
% IN
ADDITION, THERE
ARE
% LIFE-THREATENING
CONSEQUENCES% ASSOCIATED
WITH A
PERSON
NOT
% TAKING
THEIR
MEDICATION
AS
% PRESCRIBED.%>>
WHY
IS
THE
PRICE
OF
INSULIN
% INCREASING SO
MUCH?
% >> SO
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
THE
% AMERICAN
DIABETES
ASSOCIATION
% TOOK A VERY
LONG
LOOK
AT.
% IN
2017,
OUR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
% COMMISSIONED A WORK GROUP
TO
% STUDY
AND
EXAMINE WHAT
ARE
THE
% ISSUES
DRIVING
THE
HIGH COST
OF
% INSULIN.
% AND
FROM
THAT
PROJECT, WE
% LEARNED
THAT THERE
ARE
MANY
% THINGS THAT ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO
% IT, BUT
ONE OF
THE
BIG
ISSUES
WE
% WALKED
AWAY
FROM
OR
CONCLUSIONS
% IS THAT
THERE'S A
LACK
OF
% TRANSPARENCY
IN
THE
INSULIN
% SUPPLY CHAIN.
% WHAT
WE
DO
KNOW
IS
THE
HIGH
LIST
% PRICE FOR
INSULIN
INFLUENCES
THE
% SUPPLY CHAIN.
% THE
HIGHER
THE
LIST
PRICE,
THE
% MORE
THAT'S
SHARED
THROUGHOUT
% THE
SUPPLY CHAIN.
% SO WE
ARE
HOPEFUL
THAT
THE
STATE
% AND FEDERAL
BILLS THAT ARE
% ADDRESSING
INSULIN
PRICING
WILL
% HELP
BRING
TRANSPARENCIES
TO
THE
% ISSUE AND
REDUCE
THE
COST
FOR
% PEOPLE
WITH
DIABETES.% >>
AS
FOR
THE
HIGH
COST,
% INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE
KIND
OF
% POINTING
THE
FINGER
AT DRUG
FFER
% ERS.
% SHOULD
THE
DRUG
MANUFACTURERS
BE
% THE
ONES
HELD
ACCOUNTABLE?
% >>
YOU
KNOW,
WHEN
WE
DID
OUR
% PROJECT, WHAT
WE
FOUND IS THAT
% THERE'S A LACK
OF
TRANSPARENCY,
% SO
EVERY
STAKEHOLDER
WITHIN
THE
% INSULIN
SUPPLY
CHAIN
SAID
% ANOTHER
ENTITY
WAS RESPONSIBLE
% FOR THE
HIGH
COST.
% BUT, AS I
SAID,
THERE'S AN% INCENTIVE
FOR A
HIGH
LIST
PRICE,
% WHERE
THAT
BENEFIT
IS
SHARED
% THROUGHOUT.
% SO
WE'RE
HOPING
THROUGH
% TRANSPARENCY WE CAN UNDERSTAND
% WHERE ARE
AREAS
THAT WE
CAN
PUT
% FORTH
LONG-TERM
SOLUTIONS
TO
% REDUCE THE
PRICE
OF
INSULIN.
% >>
JULIA
SAID
WHILE
SHE
BUYS
HER
% INSULIN
FROM
CANADA,
SHE
% BELIEVES IT'S
NOT A
LONG-TERM
% SOLUTION.
% WHY WOULDN'T THAT
BE?
% >>
SO
NOT
EVERYONE HAS
ABILITY
% TO
TRAVEL
OUTSIDE
THE
COUNTRY
TO
% TRY AND
SOLVE
THIS
ISSUE.
% WHAT
WE'RE
FOCUSED
ON
AT
THE
% AMERICAN
DIABETES
ASSOCIATION IS
% SOLVING
THIS
PROBLEM
WITHIN
OUR
% COUNTRY.
% COLORADO AND
NOW
WISCONSIN ARE
% LOOKING AT
SOLUTIONS THAT
WOULD
% LOWER
THE COST OF
INSULIN
FOR
% PEOPLE WITH
DIABETES AND
THAT'S
% WHAT WE WANT
TO FOCUS
ON,
IS
HOW
% CAN
WE
MAKE
INSULIN
MORE
% AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE IN
THE
% UNITED STATES.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
% THANK
YOU SO
MUCH
FOR
YOUR
TIME,
% DR. MELVER.%>> THANK
YOU.% >>
NOW
TO
ECONOMIC
NEWS
AND
THE
% NEW
REPORT ON THE
STATUS
OF
% WORKERS IN
WISCONSIN.
% AS
WE
LOOK
AHEAD
TO
LABOR
DAY,
% THE CENTER
OFFERS
WHAT
IT
CALLS
% ITS
FACTS
AND
FIGURES
REPORT ON
% THE STATE
OF
WORKING
WISCONSIN.
% ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR AT
COWS
LAURA
% DRESSER
JOINS
US
NOW.% >>
THANKS FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >> SO
YOUR
REPORT
SAYS THERE
IS
% GOOD NEWS.%>>
YES.
% THERE
IS
GOOD
NEWS.
% AND THIS IS
THE
FAMILIAR
NEWS OF
% THE KIND
OF
THE
GREAT
CLOUD OF
% THE
GREAT
RECESSION
OF
2007
HAS
% REALLY
LIFTED.
%
WE'VE
HAD
LONG-TERM,
SUSTAINED
% UNEMPLOYMENT AT
LOW
LEVELS,
% STEADY JOB GROWTH.
% AND
SO
THAT
PICTURE
I
THINK
IS
% REALLY
CLEAR
IN
PEOPLE'S
HEAD
% RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
THERE
IS
BAD
NEWS.
% >>
YES.
% SO WE
SORT
OF
START WITH
THAT,
% BUT
I
THINK
ONE OF
THE
BIG
% MYSTERIES OF
THIS
MOMENT
IS
% GIVEN ALL
THAT
GOOD
NEWS,
WHY
% ARE THESE
KIND
OF
QUESTIONS
OF
% ECONOMIC
INSECURITY
STILL
SO
% SALIENT
FOR
PEOPLE.
% SO WE
TRIED
TO
FOCUS
THIS
REPORT
% ON
THESE
VERY
LONG-TERM
TRENDS,
% 30
AND
40
YEARS
LONG,
THAT
HAVE
% UNDERMINED PEOPLE'S SENSE
OF
% SECURITY,
WORKING
WISCONSIN'S
% SENSE OF
SECURITY.
% THAT'S
THE
FOCUS OF THE
REPORT.% >>
AS
TO
THAT
FOCUS,
YOU
TALK
% ABOUT WAGE
STAGNATION,
THAT
THE
% MEDIAN WAGE
IS
ONLY
73
CENTS
% HIGHER THAN IT
WAS
IN
1979.% >>
SO.
% SO
WE'RE
BASICALLY
AT
18
BUCKS% AN HOUR NOW.
% AND
THAT'S
JUST
BARELY,
LIKE
63
% CENTS AN
HOUR
HIGHER
THAN IT
WAS
% IN
1979
ONCE
YOU
ADJUST
FOR
% INFLATION.
% THAT STANDS
OUT
AS A
COMPLETE% BREAK FROM THE
WAY
THE
ECONOMY
%
WORKED, FROM
THE
POST WORLD
% WAR II
INTO
1979,
WHEN
THE% ECONOMY
GREW,
WAGES
GREW.
% THEY WERE
SORT
OF
LOCKED
% TOGETHER
AND
WORKERS
SAW
THE
% BENEFITS
OF
GROWTH.
% WHAT
WE'VE
HAD
IN
THE
2000s
IS
% THIS
WAIG
!
WAGE
STAGNATION
IN
THE
% CONTEXT
OF
GROWTH,
SO
WORKERS
% DON'T SEE
AS
MUCH
GOOD
NEWS
FROM
% LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT
AS
THEY
USED
% TO.%>>
WHAT
EXPLAINS
THE
STAGNATION?% >> I
THINK A
LOT
OF
PEOPLE
SPEND% A
LOT
O
F
TIME,
BUT
THERE'S
% CERTAINLY
THINGS, THERE
ARE
% CERTAINLY
INSTITUTIONAL
FACTORS
% THAT
MATTER A
LOT
IN
MY
ANALYSIS
% OR
THINKING THE
WAY
I
THINK
% ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO
WITH
% POLICY.
% THE
STATE'S
MINIMUM
WAGE
IS
% $7.25 AN HOUR,
THE
WAY IT
WAS A
% DECADE AGO.
% THAT'S ONE
THING
THAT
KEEPS
% WAGES
DOWN.
% OUR LABOR
MOVEMENT,
WHICH
HAS
% OFTEN
SERVED
BOTH
THROUGH
POLICY
% APPROACHES
AND
THROUGH
ITS
OWN
% BARGAINING
TO
KEEP
WORKERS'
% WAGES
HIGHER, HAS
BEEN
DECIMATED
% BY PUBLIC POLICY
IN
THIS
STATE.
% SO
I
THINK WE
CAN
SEE
THINGS
% WHERE
POLICY
--
YOU
KNOW,
HOW
DO
% YOU
MAKE
THAT
BETTER
OR
WHY
DID
% THIS HAPPEN.
% WE'VE MOVED
AWAY
FROM
SOME
% POLICIES
THAT
ACTUALLY
HELD
% WORKING PEOPLE KIND OF
CLOSER TO% ECONOMIC GROWTH.%>>
YOU
DESCRIBE
HOW
PRODUCTIVITY
% HAS
GROWN
BY
70%
DURING
THE
SAME
% PERIOD.%WHAT IS
THE IMPLICATION OF
THAT?
% >>
ONE
TIME
TO
THINK ABOUT
IT,% ACROSS
THE
POST-WAR
PERIOD, IF
% THE ECONOMY
GREW
BY
70%,
WE'D
% SEE WAGES
UP
BY
70%.
% THAT WOULD PUT
THE
MEDIAN
WAGE
% TODAY,
WHICH
I
S
$18 AN
HOUR,% WOULD
BE
WELL
OVER
$25 AN
HOUR
% TODAY IF
WAGES
WERE
STILL
LOCKED
% INTO
PRODUCTIVITY THE
WAY THEY
% WERE.
% AND
YOU
SEE
THAT'S SORT
OF
THIS
% GAP THAT'S
GROWING, THAT
IF
% WORKERS ARE
MAKING,
YOU
KNOW,
% WITH AN
HOUR
OF
LABOR
THEY'RE
% MAKING
70%
MORE GOODS AND
% SERVICES AND
IF
THEY
AREN'T
% BRINGING
HOME
MORE
IN
WAGES,
% THEN
THOSE
WAGES
ARE
--
THAT
% VALUE IS GOING
AND,
AS
WE
KNOW,
% IN
THIS
ECONOMY
THEY'RE GOING
TO
% THE TOP
END,
TO
OWNERS
AND
% MANAGERS.%>>
SPEAKING OF THE
TOP
END,
YOU
% ALSO POINT IN
THIS
REPORT
TO
% INCOME
INEQUALITY.
% IS
IT
NEARLY A
MILLION
DOLLARS,
% THE
REST OF
THE
99%
AT
$51,000.
% THAT IS
QUITE A
GAP.
% >> IT
IS.
% ON
ONE OF
THE
MEASURES WE
ARE% BACK TO LEVELS
THAT
WE
HAVEN'T
% SEEN
SINCE
1928.
% INEQUALITY
FELL
ACROSS FROM
% BASICALLY
1929
THROUGH
THE
% 1970s,
BUT HAS
BEEN
ON
% DECLINE.
% AND THE
REWARDS
OF
ECONOMIC
% GROWTH
CONTINUE
TO
ACCRUE AT
THE
% VERY TOP.
% SO YOU
SEE A
MILLION
VERSUS
% $50,000
AND
THAT
GAP
IS
JUST
% GROWING.%>> ALL RIGHT.
% WE
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
% THANKS
FOR
YOUR
WORK,
LAURA% DRESSER.
% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >>
NOW
FOR
THIS
UPDATE
ON
ON A
% JOB
TRANSITION
FOR A
WALKER
% ADMINISTRATION
AGENCY
HEAD
WHO
% HAD
CONTINUED
TO
SERVE
UNDER
% GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS.
% WISCONSIN
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT% CORPORATION
CEO
AND
SECRETARY,
% MARK
HOGAN,
WILL
STEP
DOWN
NEXT
% WEEK.
% UNDER
LAME
DUCK
LAWS,
EVERS
WAS
% NOT
AUTHORIZED
TO
APPOINT
HIS
% REPLACEMENT UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
% HOGAN SAYS
HE
IS
PROUD OF
THE
% SUCCESSES
ACHIEVED
WITH
GOVERNOR
% EVERS AND
THAT HE
WANTS
TO
HELP
% MAKE
THE
TRANSITION
AS
SEAMLESS
% AS
POSSIBLE.
% DURING
HOGAN'S
FOUR-YEAR
TENURE,
% HE
BECAME
INSTRUMENTAL
IN
% SECURING THE
FOXCONN
DEAL.
% EVERS
IS
NOW
CONSIDERING
HOGAN'S
% SUCCESSOR.
% >>
NEXT
WEEK,
HEALTH
SERVICES
% SECRETARY DES
IG
!
DESIGNEE
ANDREA
PALM% WILL BE
HERE, AS
WELL
MARQUETTE
% LAW
SCHOOL
POLLSTER CHARLES% FRANKLIN.
% THAT'S
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
% PROGRAM.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDS
!
FUNDING