MONROE - More than 530,000 people in Wisconsin don't have health insurance.
Some of them will be coming to Monroe Clinic on Monday.
As part of Cover the Uninsured Week April 27-May 3, state politicians, local political and business leaders and representatives from Social Service agencies are coming to Founders Hall for a community roundtable discussion.
Among the politicians planning to attend are Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Waunakee, and state Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon. Representatives for Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., also will be at the forum.
The topic will be the challenges of affordable and accessible health care in Green and Lafayette counties.
The event will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at 1515 22nd Ave. in Monroe.
In Wisconsin, 530,076 people, or 9.7 percent of the population, are uninsured. Nationally, 47 million Americans are uninsured. Nearly 9 million of them are children. More than 8 out of 10 are in working families.
Two recent studies put the uninsured in Green County between 12.6 and 19 percent.
"This is a huge problem for Green County," Community Coalition co-chairman Kris Wisnefske said.
Also attending will be Jon Peacock, with the Wisconsin Council of Children and Families, Ro Ann Warden, the assistant director of Green County Public Health, and Patty James, executive director of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
According to its Web site, Cover the Uninsured is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It's a national effort "to highlight the fact too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from the nation's leaders."
Cover the Uninsured Week is meant to raise awareness and build support among policy-makers, health care professionals, grassroots advocates, faith leaders, the business community and active citizens. The week has been celebrated since 2003.
Later on Monday, health care will be the subject of another forum.
Dr. Aaron Dunn and economist John Simonson will address the health care question and a state universal health care proposal at 7 p.m. at the Monroe Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe.
Dunn, a Mineral Point primary care physician and founder of the Community Connections Free Clinic in Dodgeville, and Simonson, retired University of Wisconsin-Platteville economist, will talk about the pros and cons of the Healthy Wisconsin legislation and other Wisconsin health care reform proposals.
A panel of Monroe business and community leaders will share their views and join in the dialogue.
Some of them will be coming to Monroe Clinic on Monday.
As part of Cover the Uninsured Week April 27-May 3, state politicians, local political and business leaders and representatives from Social Service agencies are coming to Founders Hall for a community roundtable discussion.
Among the politicians planning to attend are Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Waunakee, and state Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon. Representatives for Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., also will be at the forum.
The topic will be the challenges of affordable and accessible health care in Green and Lafayette counties.
The event will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at 1515 22nd Ave. in Monroe.
In Wisconsin, 530,076 people, or 9.7 percent of the population, are uninsured. Nationally, 47 million Americans are uninsured. Nearly 9 million of them are children. More than 8 out of 10 are in working families.
Two recent studies put the uninsured in Green County between 12.6 and 19 percent.
"This is a huge problem for Green County," Community Coalition co-chairman Kris Wisnefske said.
Also attending will be Jon Peacock, with the Wisconsin Council of Children and Families, Ro Ann Warden, the assistant director of Green County Public Health, and Patty James, executive director of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
According to its Web site, Cover the Uninsured is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It's a national effort "to highlight the fact too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from the nation's leaders."
Cover the Uninsured Week is meant to raise awareness and build support among policy-makers, health care professionals, grassroots advocates, faith leaders, the business community and active citizens. The week has been celebrated since 2003.
Later on Monday, health care will be the subject of another forum.
Dr. Aaron Dunn and economist John Simonson will address the health care question and a state universal health care proposal at 7 p.m. at the Monroe Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe.
Dunn, a Mineral Point primary care physician and founder of the Community Connections Free Clinic in Dodgeville, and Simonson, retired University of Wisconsin-Platteville economist, will talk about the pros and cons of the Healthy Wisconsin legislation and other Wisconsin health care reform proposals.
A panel of Monroe business and community leaders will share their views and join in the dialogue.