Articles by Scott Bauer

Fees Charged to Insurance Volunteers in Wisconsin Criticized

Volunteers who want to help people decipher the new health insurance marketplace when it comes online Oct. 1 must pay for a background check and exam fee as required by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, charges advocates say is deterring …

Insurance Rates Released by Wisconsin Governor Questioned

Health care advocates called into question information released by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration showing dramatic rate increases for insurance plans to be sold through the new marketplace created under the federal health care law. The marketplaces, or exchanges, will …

Wisconsin Insurance Leaders Detail Uncertainty of Exchanges

It will be a tough task implementing the online health insurance marketplaces that are required of each state under the federal health care overhaul, and there will no doubt be consumer horror stories about trying to navigate them, according to …

Well-Known Plaintiff Attorney Running for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Noted lemon law attorney Vince Megna, who in recent months has posted numerous satirical videos online lampooning Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, told The Associated Press that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Megna, known nationally for …

Wisconsin Workplace Shooting Brings Call for New Law on Guns

Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten the enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases, prompted by a fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa. Radcliffe Haughton, 45, bought a handgun just two days after his beleaguered …

Wisconsin Governor Signs Car Insurance Bill

Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill designed to lower car insurance rates by undoing higher coverage requirements approved by Democrats less than two years ago. Republicans successfully used the car insurance issue on the campaign trail last …

Wisconsin Senate Passes Lower Car Insurance Levels

The Wisconsin state Senate has passed legislation that would lower minimum levels of car insurance and make it more difficult to approve of sales and income tax increases. Car insurance would still be required under the bill passed on a …

Wisconsin Senate to Take up Car Insurance Legislation

Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate. Trial lawyers fought for the changes approved by the Democratic-controlled Legislature two years …

Auto Insurance Changes Targeted for Repeal in Wisconsin

Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are aiming to repeal most of the auto insurance coverage increases mandated by Democrats, which industry and state regulators blame for higher premiums. Drivers would still be required to carry car insurance, a change that …

Car Insurance Mandate Begins in Wisconsin

All Wisconsin drivers were required to carry auto liability insurance beginning June 1, but the question remains as to how many will follow the law. Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently uninsured, roughly the same percentage …