FOIA - USA PUBLIC RECORDS LAW - What you need to know

September 8, 2013
MILWAUKEE - Today's update for MPA LLC Consumer Protection Group highlights the importance of TRUST and  believeability of the Public Information Act.

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants nine exemptions to the statute.^[1][2] It was originally signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, despite his misgivings,^[3] on July 4, 1966 as 5 U.S.C. § 552 and went into effect the following year.^[4]

The Federal Government's Freedom of Information Act should not be confused with the different and varying Freedom of Information Acts passed by the individual states. Many of those state acts may be similar but not identical to the federal act.  Wikipedia

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Why make a fuss
One of the keys to TRUST and better policies in the marketplace is the equity and transparency of the laws, to enforce the good ones and to remove the laws that do not regulate and guide best practices for accountability of ALL; this is especially true when it comes to those we put in office and those they appoint and hire.

There must be a ZERO tolerance when it comes to identifying those who compromise the process of fairness in the marketplace - anti-trust, discrimination, cronyism, conflict of interest, blind-eye to favors and cover-ups.  It is most egregious when those we elect are the "criminals" in the acts.  They must be held to the same standards as any violator, only with the elected-appointed-hired violator they should have hefty fines, charged with a felony and misdemeanors for immediate removal of office, forfeiture of any retirement and sent to jail.

Like many laws that affect millions of folk, especially those fok disadvantaged for whatever reason, when the law and/or regulation is NOT enforced it sens the wrong message.  It not only erodes the trust of the people, it significantly put in place misuse such as FRAUD and ignoring with "arrogance" human-civi-legal rights.

Each one of us have the responsibility to ensure that STANDARDS are put in place for the GREATER GOOD of all.  The Code of Conduct that is on the front burner each day is only as good as it is enforced by ALL.

MPA LLC Consumer Protection Group has added FOIA to its Reporting and Reports.
It is a priority for enforcement.  There are three flaggs that are of immediate discouragement.  They are:   1)  Anti-Trust and 2) Discrimination , and 3) Isolation.

5-Year Signature Plan
During Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC, 5-year investigation, requesting information was the main way of obtaining information through many Open Letters sent during the 2005-2010 Smart Growth Signature Plan.  It was clear that those in government were the biggest violators.

Time-and-time again, they were deceptive and did not share information per the law.  Their lawyers would find ways to get-around the Public Information Request.  As a matter of fact,  the following methods were commonly used.  They were:

• NO response.
• Delayed information.
• Delayed information that was incomplete.
• Delayed and incomplete information with significant cost.  
• Delayed response with NO information, claiming not clear or not available.
• Questionable "protected from disclosure" response.
• Questionable refusals due to "vague request" but no mention of what would offer "CLARITY"
• Questionable "redacted" information.

Two things are noticed by Glass during the many requests that returned with one or more of the above response, there was/is an 'Arrogance" in NO response; and, NO fear of reprisal according to law.

Who's Who List
There is a "culture" that must be replaced in our government offices that we depend on. Their lack of role and responsibility as "public servants" has become "when-and-if-I-want-to-with-shameless-arrogance".  Enforcement of the laws on the table and NEW ones to reflect today's climate can put in check the "running wild" behavior.  Below are 50 plus who have engaged in NO response and/or one of the above obstructions.  Some FOIA requests have been requested multiple times.  This is an incomplete list of city, county, state and federal violators.  Violators to-date include:

City of Milwaukee

City of Milwaukee Alderman Joe Davis

City of Milwaukee Alderman Willie Hines

City of Milwaukee Alderman Nik Kovac

City of Milwaukee Alderwoman Milele Coggs

City of Milwaukee Attorney Grant Langley

City of Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines

City of Milwaukee Department of City Development Rocky Marcoux, Julie Penman and Michael Morgan

City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works Jeff Mantes and Mariano Schifalacqua

City of Milwaukee Ethics Committee

City of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and John Norquist

City of Milwaukee Tax Assessor Mary Reavy

Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors 

Milwaukee County Department of Aging - Program Director Diane Beckley

Milwaukee County District Attorney Office – John Chisholm

Milwaukee County Ethics Committee - Executive Director Veronica Robinson and Board Members:  Chairman Attorney David Carr, V. Chairman Henry Hamilton, Christain Flores, Carol L. Wichmann, Rev. Gary Manning, Marcia F. Drame, Esq, Corporation Counsel Jennifer Walker

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele
Milwaukee County Contractor and Ethics Board referral - Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Justice Committee - Chief Judge Jeffrey A. Kremers, District Attorney John Chisholm, County Executive Chris Abele, Kit Murphy McNally,  MCSO Inspector Richard Schmidt, Sheriff David Clarke, Jr., County Supervisor Willie Johnson,  First Assistant Public Defender Tom Reed

Milwaukee Public Schools/MPS

Milwaukee School Board – Board of Governance - Lynne A. Sobczak

Milwaukee School Board – Michael Bond and Peter Blewett
Milwaukee School Superintendent Gregory Thornton

U. S. Department of Education/DOE

U.S. Department of Education – Arne Duncan

U. S. Federal Emergency Management Agency/FEMA

U.S. FEMA – Deputy Administrator Richard Serino - UW-Milwaukee

U. S. Department of Labor/DOL

U.S. Department of Labor

U. S. Health & Human Service/HHS

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Kathleen Sebelius

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Attorney Leon Rodriquez

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Dr. Farzad Mostashari 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Director Jackie Garner

U. S. Department of Housing or Urban Development/HUD

U.S. HUD Housing - Region 5, Antonio Riley

U.S. HUD Housing - Deputy Secretary Maurice Jones

U.S. HUD Housing - Secretary Shaun Donovan

U.S. HUD-CDBG Milwaukee – Michael Martin

U. S. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

U.S. Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans and V. President Gordon Werkema

U. S. Small Business Administration/SBA

U. S. Small Business Chief  and Deputy Administrators Karen Mills and Marie Johns

U. S. Small Business Regional Administrator Marianne Markowitz

U.S. Small Business District Director Eric Ness

University of Wisconsin System

UW System – Robin Van Harpin (attorney)

UW System Board of Regents – Charles Pruitt, Brent Smith, Michael Spector, Jane Radue, Kevin Reilly

UW System Board of Regents Michael Lovell Board Selection Committee -  Danae Davis, Judith Crain and Jose Vasquez

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee/UWM

UW-Milwaukee – Campus Police Department, Chief Marzion

UW-Milwaukee Office of Chancellor Michael Lovell and Jim Hill

UW-Milwaukee Professor Mark Schwartz (Michael Lovell Selection Chair)

UW-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation, Arthur Smith and Sheldon Lubar (Michael Lovell Selection Committee)

UW-Milwaukee Helen Bader School of Social Work - Dan Bader 

State of Wisconsin 

WI Department of Administration – Secretary Mike Huebsch

WI Department of Commerce – Secretary Paul Jadin

WI Department of Education – Superintendents Tony Evers and Elizabeth Burmaster

WI Financial Institution - Secretary Peter Bildsten

WI Governors Scott Kevin Walker and Jim Doyle

WI Health and Human Services – Secretary Charles Smith

WI Health and Human Services Medicaid - Director Brett Davis

WI Insurance Commissioner – Ted Nickel

WI WHEDA Office – Wyman Winston

WI Workforce Development Secretaries – Reggie Newsom and Roberta Gassman

Wisconsin Public Records Law

Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31 - 19.39
Compliance Outline
(September 2012)

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Updated:  September 9, 2013

I N S P I R A T I O N - HOLY! HOLY! HOLY! - Donnie McClurkin

SATURDAY, September 7, 2013 - At a time of so much unrest and indecision - We cry Holy!

Six (6) minutes of singing praise to Jesus, The Holy one.
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Meditate and Enjoy.

CMS REGION 5 - Marketplace Stakeholder Teleconference w/HHS & CMS - WI

Marketplace Stakeholder Teleconference with HHS and CMS

on the Wisconsin Health Insurance Marketplace

Date: September 11, 2013

Time: 1:00 PM (Central)

Register at: www.cmsregion5himwi3.eventbrite.com

Jackie Garner, the Consortium Administrator for Medicaid and Children’s Health Operations and Acting Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites partners & stakeholders to the third in a three-part series of teleconferences regarding the health insurance marketplace in Wisconsin. This call is part of the ongoing commitment by HHS and CMS to encourage public participation as it builds a new Health Insurance Marketplace in Wisconsin.

This call is intended specifically for stakeholders in Wisconsin where there will be a Federally Facilitated Marketplace.

Registration is required. Register at www.cmsregion5himwi3.eventbrite.com

You can also visit our Open Door Forums website for links to registration and information on future calls.

Courtesy Networking Post:  September 5, 2013

Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC

Your Health is your BEST Friend Series . . .September 5, 2013

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MILWAUKEE | Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC PR group announces its, 
                                "Your HEALTH is your BEST Friend Series". 

It is a NEW education and technology attainment opportunity for Milwaukeeans.  It represents MPA LLC philosophy of "Co-location" principle to lessen "duplication" of customer services and maximizing funding and services through partnering.  

It supports All Hands on Deck,WE CAN signature initiative of MPA LLC to re-define, re-brand and un-trap hidden talent and vetted businesses.

Education Attainment  Real Time and Webinar
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Leadership
Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, will contact sites within the city of Milwaukee and others to institute the information sharing through real time site and webinar training for Wellness and Fitness. MPA LLC will provide the leadership in resourcing - co-sponsors, sites, recruitment and coordination of training experts, subject matter, class size and other relevant issues.

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Webinar produced by Netbriefings Inc.

It is an outgrowth of support of the Affordable Health Care law USA.  The first focus is "Canning - Self Preservation".
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The slogan:  "Your Health is Your Best Friend" is taken from a regular Reminder of Mary Glass's mother, Jeanette Glass - Teacher for 35 years.

She also suffered from Arthritis and often it was the reason she would make the reminder to her four children  - "to respect their health".

Canning is a self-sustaining Home Economics craft taught/passed on to family members during the time of Glass's childhood.

MPA LLC connects Internationally with SourceBottle for Wellness and Fitness options for 8 DEMO Neighborhoods project

MPA LLC Public Relations - SourceBottle.com.au

September 5, 2013
MILWAUKEE - Today, SourceBottle.com.au, an Australian service that connects journalists, writers and bloggers with sources, published its first "Call Out" for Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC.  It is part of the NEW Day public relations campaign for resilient and choiceful customer care services from MPA LLC.  View

SourceBottle Automating PR Contacts

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MPA LLC Demonstration Neighborhoods in Milwaukee

Update - September 5, 2013

Immediate Enquiry reply received today from the SourceBottle Team.

A health and wellness group that offers "luxury wellness" packages featuring both Eastern and Western modalities, such as in-home massage and acupuncture sessions.

Alvin Ailey Dance Company - S T U P E N D O U S

CLICK  -  ASK ROBERT BATTLES 

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2013 International Tour

September 11-15
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cidade das Artes
Programming & Tickets

September 19-22
São Paulo, Brazil
Credicard Hall
Programming & Tickets

September 26-29
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teatro Coliseo
Programming & Tickets

Schacknow - Today's Brief - September 3, 2013

Big deals dominate news after holiday weekend
Peter Schacknow, Senior Producer, CNBC Breaking News Desk

September appears poised to get off to a positive start, following the biggest monthly drop for the Dow since May of 2012. While Syria still looms as a major issues, several multi-billion dollar deals struck over the weekend involving Nokia and Verizon Wireless are giving sentiment a boost. 

Investors will have a number of economic reports to ponder as the shortened trading week begins, starting with the Institute For Supply Management's monthly manufacturing index at 10a.m.ET. Economists are looking for a reading of 54.3 for August, still indicating growth but down from July's 55.4. At the same time, the government will issue construction spending figures for July, with consensus forecasts calling for an increase of 0.4 percent following a drop of 0.6 percent in June. 

U.S. automakers will release their August sales figures today, with Edmunds.com estimating a 13.3 percent increase over a year ago to an annual rate of 13.5 million vehicles. 

H&R Block (HRB) is one of the few companies set to report earnings this morning, while there are no companies scheduled to issue quarterly numbers after today's closing bell. 

Nokia (NOK) leads our list of stocks to watch, following word that Microsoft (MSFT) will buy Nokia's handset business for $7.2 billion. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive, will rejoin the company and is now seen by some as a candidate to replace retiring CEO Steve Ballmer. 

Verizon (VZ) will pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone's (VOD) 45 percent stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture. The deal is the third largest in corporate history. 

Jarden Corporation (JAH) will reportedly buy privately held Yankee Candle from Madison Dearborn Partners for $1.75 billion. The deal is expected to be officially announced this morning. Jarden is a maker of well-known household brands like Sunbeam, Crock-Pot, and Rawlings. 

CBS (CBS) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) have ended their month-long dispute over fees, striking an agreement which restores CBS programming in the New York, Dallas, or Los Angeles markets. 

Ford (F) is recalling 370,000 Lincoln, Mercury, and Ford sedans to fix a steering shaft issue. The models involved are Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car sedans in the U.S. and Canada. 

Backstory - Ms. Henretta Lacks - The HeLa Cells that Keep on Giving recent twist

September 2, 2013

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create the first known human immortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line. Wikipedia

Back story - August 7, 2013

Tom McCathy, the Guardian.com

Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951 – her tumour cells have been an invaluable resource for researchers. Photo: Courtesy of the Henrietta Lacks Foundation

For decades, scientists have used the cells of a woman who died young to conduct research that has prolonged innumerable lives. Now, for the first time, her contribution is to be formally recognised.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Wednesday that genetic research based on cells taken from Henrietta Lacks, known as HeLa cells, would include acknowledgement in published form of the woman and her life. The change in protocol, which strictly applies only to NIH grant recipients but which all researchers are encouraged to adopt, was welcomed by descendants of Lacks, who died in 1951. The move could also lead the way to better privacy measures for research participants and better data-sharing among scientists.

"We are happy, we are very happy, that from this point on, publications involving the HeLa genome will recognize Henrietta Lacks," granddaughter Jeri Lacks-Whye said, on a conference call arranged by the NIH to make the announcement. "For more than 60 years our family has been pulled into science without our consent … We are happy to be part of that conversation now, and we see this as an important step."

Cancer cells taken from Lacks as part of a biopsy in February 1951 were the first human cells to be successfully cultivated in a laboratory. The cells were – and are – unusually resilient, for reasons scientists still don't fully understand. HeLa cells became instrumental to such medical breakthroughs as the development of a polio vaccine and figure in tens of thousands of scientific papers.

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3 Reasons to become a Member of the 2013-2014 MPA Case Learning Talent Group

September 2, 2013
MILWAUKEE |  Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC is rolling out its first CASE LEARNING opportunity for school-year 2013-2014 on September 15, 2013.  

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8 selected neighborhoods in Milwaukee of ACA DEMO

"Immersed learning" at the census tract and neighborhood level working with a Demo project of 8 neighborhoods to look at the implementation of Affordable Health Care.  The three (3) rewards are:  1) What each student gets from the experience, 2) What residential and commercial stakeholders receive; and, 3) What can be shared with others for the "greater good" regarding the 9-month experience.

POD 
MPA LLC case learning is realized through POD implementation.  
A "pod" is a self-contained group of a minimum of 10 students that self-promote their success.  
Each "pod" has 2 other working pods and a leader.  They are:  

• Family School Pod/FSP
• Lead pod team for project (projects change every 2 months)
• Neighboring School Pod/NSP
• Members from one or more of the 8 neighborhoods
• DEMO Neighborhood Pod/DNP
• 8-member DEMO neighborhoods
• MPA Protagonist
• Mary Glass

College level students are connected as a team to each lead family pod and neighboring pod from the university-college-technical school; young adults and vetted talent are selected for DEMO Neighborhood pods and interns to work with MPA staff.

Case-Method Learning

Our blend of "Slices-of-life" in Milwaukee urban health care, webinars, social networking, pod-casting, pod team-building of a virtual library of the research and documentary reviews for blogs and videos is our aim.  The creation is All Hands on Deck, WE CAN driven.  The students will drive the project through their creativity and review of barriers to success of improved health, health care and cost-containment.

So you think WE WILL buy Gov Walker, WI Hospital Association, St. Mary's & Milwaukee Health Care Partnership Takeover?

Right Down = Governor Scott Walker, Steve Brenton, President/WHA
  L-R; Mark Taylor, President/CEO/St. Mary's; Joy Tapper, Executive Director/MHCP; and Eric Borgerding VP/WHA
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September 1, 2013

MILWAUKEE |  Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC is a for-profit organization that works to remove the strangle-hold of Enduring Concentrated Poverty from the census tract and neighborhood level of Milwaukee.  We seek paradigm shifts that create opportunity, engage residential and commercial partnerships with the stakeholders, reform and innovate with research, engage nuance in the market structure, link technology and education attainment for BRANDING hidden talent and vetted businesses at the census tract-neighborhood for upscale empowerment.

We are passionately seeking more and more market space in sharing Preparedness for Milwaukeeans, especially African American, other People of Color and Work Challenged End-Users of the Affordable Health Care promises.  We seek economic engines that are per customer, per employee, per store, per place and per population.

SWOT
In an ideal world, Pure or Perfect Competition is desired.  Given today's technological boundaries, of the four (4) market structures, we feel that creativity, innovation, life style, entry/exit ease, differentiated competition will work best for the Affordable Health Care producers in the market and those emerging producers. We want competition without barriers to entrepreneurship at the census tract and neighborhood level.  We seek to benchmark the pluses of pure or perfect competition. However, we know that "Monopolistic Competition" will work for census tract and neighborhood level competition.  It would allow entry/exit, producers from start-up to corporation-style yet, demand cost containment through engagement at all levels.  Monopolistic Competition uses one "mono" to describe the entire area being utilized by many firm, many producers with heterogeneous products with little to no barriers to entry and exist.

We want control of revenue, price and demand to be influenced by a large number of competitors/producers and the knowledgeable consumers/buyers.  Therefore, customer preparedness is very important.  It requires ongoing engagement in the marketplace for health management.  Takeovers, oligopoly and monopoly  and "We-know-best-for-you competition/oversight" is not acceptable.



2010-2020
We vigorously work to identify, report and get rid of monopolies controlled by, oligopoly groups within Milwaukee and outside who receive earmarked funding for the reform of disparaging conditions and growth of areas of poverty; but, fail to incorporate the formula of self-sustainability by providing education and technology attainment, gainful employment in the area of granted funding and buy-in of growth accountability for the long haul - not just annual funding cycles.

Since the national economy has and is experiencing loss, all federal funding has a component geared to promoting entrepreneurship,  employment, education, technology and some form of construction - individuals and groups that receive Urban Renewal funding and resources must establish ongoing commitment to Communication with per population engagement. This includes recipients of tax credits, transportation, construction, Targeted Investment Neighborhood/TIN, Tax Increment Districts/TID, Tax Investment Financing/TIF, Section 8 and Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development/WHEDA, environmental and Homeland Security tools.  

Our research show that the term "NON-PROFIT" has obtained a reputation that needs "scrubbing".  It has become a high-end method of recruiting federal funding and federal benefits that relaxes obligations of paying tax - FREE MONEY.  We see it over-and-over in NEW and LARGE consolidation groups that are made-up of "well-connected" individual that exploit the funding of reform and change for quality of life and economic development.  We see more and more those "losing employment" due to downsizing and other economic requirements of the marketplace finding their way to "full-time" employment and consultation at non-profits.  Many, if not most, bring the high-end cost right along with them for "title" and "privileges".   

We must see that the taxes and funding stay in the city of Milwaukee for growth and sustainability.  We must tap into the world of hidden talent and vetted businesses at the census tract and neighborhood level - those who live-work-educate their children-open businesses-hire from the neighborhood-help to build the infrastructure of the neighborhood, pay taxes and shop in the neighborhood.  Otherwise, it is worst seeking best - not tangible to sustainability and  for worst.
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Affordable Health Care  

Today, over 60 million low-income individuals, young adults, people with disabilities, seniors and entire families receive Medicaid to exist.

The uninsured, primarily adults, are a target population for the Affordable Health Care law; many of whom are small census tract and neighborhood level business owners. 

The Affordable Care Act provides 100 percent federal financing for new coverage between 2014 and 2016, and then federal financing for this group phases down to 90 percent by 2020 and beyond. Under the current Medicaid program, the federal government pays for about 57 percent of costs.

Race and Low-Income
African American, other People of Color and other Americans of low-income make-up over 80 percent of the total population in urban Milwaukee.  Milwaukee has over a half-million folk that are up for enrollment in the Affordable Health Care plans.  For five years, we looked at how Milwaukeeans, especially African American and People of Color became more and more disenfranchised even though $$millions-on-top-of-millions were sent to the city annually to shore up-the-shores with reform.  So, what's the problem?

Our findings put elected-appointed-hired government officials at the core of the reason why best practices, transparency and accountability is NOT was NOT a long-suit in Code of Conduct for best practices.  In addition, we found well-connected and donor-for-hire individuals, and groups-committees-boards-regent, being appointed-hired engaging in widespread cronyism, conflict of interest, bullying-intimidation, misrepresenting the truth, misusing power, engaging in cover-up and engaging in delayed and "no response" to request for public information. 

   Industry - Health & Health Care

On October 1, 2013 and January 1, 2014, health care as we have had it will be no more.  We see groups of power forging alliances, coming together for the Affordable Health Care Act.  We see the "grass hopping" from one organization to another for "consolidation" of power and funding. We see monopoly seizing of the wealth for African American, other People of Color, Work Challenged and those considered below poverty levels rendered "sterile" in the marketplace.  

We see elected officials knowing much too little to help guide the necessary tweaking of policies and guidelines.  We see census tract and neighborhood level stakeholders scheduled for the "late train" of preparedness.  We see business-as-usual gaming the system by skilled and highly paid consultants.

We at Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC say, "NOT THIS TIME".

To help ensure that Affordable Health Care 101 inclusiveness and preparedness is being addressed, MPA LLC Consumer Protection Group was put in place in March, 2013 to help monitor Code of Conduct and implementation.  To draw attention to Affordable Health Care benchmarks and  strategies.  To look at Long‐term/Short‐term issues; such as:  

• Providers: Payment reductions bundling
• Beneficiaries: Age of eligibility Increased cost sharing
• Plans: Payment reductions 
• Program Structure: Benefit restructuring Program redesign (premium support)

Monopoly and Oligopoly

Governor Scott Kevin Walker continues to engage in bait-n-switch, abuse of power, divisiveness and exploitation of the assets of Milwaukee - the People, Land, Historic Value, and federal funding resources.  Recently, he is claiming that the Affordable Health Care implementation is why he can not meet his election promise of 250,000 jobs.  Can we say, he has lost that many jobs with his Act 10 law and overall uniclusive adiscriminatory practices?

Affordable Health Care

Then there is Walker's failure to exercise good judgment in leadership of Oath of Office and following a law of the land - The Affordable Health Care Act.  His partisan and political decision to have his cabinet members impede the institution of appropriate and lawful benchmarks for the state of Wisconsin Exchange has placed Medicaid and Medicare recipients of Wisconsin in harm's way - a point for the constituents to remember during the election for Governor of Wisconsin in 2014.

In Wisconsin Health Care, he has signed in the 2-year budget $73.5 million for hospitals in the state while rejecting Medicaid Expansion for cheaper insurance for those who can least afford to pay.  The Medicaid Expansion would help those who earn up to 133% poverty level ($15,282) this year.

He continues to pit one sector of the citizenry against the other.  In Act 10, it was the public workers he felt he needed for his safety i.e., law enforcement and fire fighters.  These public employees were privileged while their neighbors, parents, siblings, spouses, and children that are public workers, were discriminated against.

Wisconsin Health Association/WHA
WHA has a major role of leadership from afar.

Wisconsin Health Association leadership, Steve Brenton, President and Eric Borgerding, Executive Vice President, have been out in the forefront regarding Medicare Expansion and the position of Scott Kevin Walker, Governor of Wisconsin.  However, money speaks louder than words.  They received $73.5 million in the budget.

WHA has its long tentacles that expand to Wisconsin hospitals, health care practitioners, schools, sponsors and its members on various committees and boards across the state. 

WHA has formed a three-way leadership partnership with:

• Governor Scott Walker
• Mark Taylor, President/CEO, St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee
• Joy Tapper, Executive Director, Milwaukee Health Care Partnership 

There next steps include a monopoly-oligopoly takeover led by Mark Taylor, St. Mary's Hospital and Joy Tapper, Executive Director, Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, for design and monitoring of health care and health care delivery that generate millions of dollars, without the fingerprint and blueprint designed and OK'd by the target audience.

Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC said, "We must work together for the greater good of driving up health and health care; and, down health care cost.   I will be in touch with them to let them know that they have been identified as a Monopoly-Oligopoly organization that is not inclusive at the core and blueprint level stakeholders of African American, other People of Color and the Work Challenged of Milwaukee.  Therefore, we would be back with request for change and we would monitor their organization for 1 year."

Revised:  September 2, 2013