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Federal vaccine committee overhaul is a ‘radical change,’ says former committee chair

Dr. Jonathan Temte of UW-Madison chaired the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on federal vaccine guidelines and requirements — from 2012 to 2015. He said changes to the agency are alarming.

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Wisconsin Medicaid director: New federal requirements would affect ‘the whole health care economy’

In Wisconsin almost 1.3 million children and adults are enrolled in Medicaid, and more than 700,000 receive FoodShare. Wisconsin’s Medicaid Director Bill Hanna says under the new legislation, many of those people will likely lose their benefits.

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