Coalition for Wisconsin Health
Coalition for Wisconsin Health
2005 Board
The Coalition for Wisconsin Health Executive Board, 2005, consisted of;[1]
- Chair: Art Taggart, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of South Central Wisconsin.
- Vice Chair: Linda Farley, MD, Physicians for a National Health Program.
- Secretary: Nancy Johnson, Dane County SOS Senior Council.
- Treasurer: George Robson, Wisconsin United Methodist Federation for Social Action, and Madison Democratic Socialists of America.
- Immediate Past Chair: Estelle Katz, Milwaukee Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
There were also three new “At Large” members on the Executive Board:
- Roger Chapman, National Spinal Cord Injury Association - South Central Wisconsin Chapter.
- Paul Kusuda, Wisconsin Chapter, Japanese American Citizens League.
- Peter Munoz, Executive Director of Latinos United for Change and Advancement (LUChA).
"Coalition for Wisconsin Health" health care Bill
In the Summer of 2005, State Senator Mark Miller reintroduced Wisconsin organization Coalition for Wisconsin Health's Wisconsin Universal Health Program legislation. Originally known as LRB-2576, the Bill would get a new number when introduced.
Coalition for Wisconsin Health worked to help miller recruit new new cosponsors for the bill.
Other cosponsors of the WUHP in the 2003- 2004 legislative session who had returned in 2005 were Representatives Leon Young, Mark Pocan, and Terese Berceau, and Senators Tim Carpenter, Spencer Coggs, and Fred Risser.
Newly elected Rep. Chuck Benedict, a physician who took part in Coalition for Wisconsin Health's Beloit forum also agreed to sponsor the bill.[2]