Now is the time for Wisconsin Self Health [WISH], a statutory plan to provide universal healthcare for Wisconsinites, under 65, without using tax dollars. The Wisconsin legislature should enact this new law, which creates the Wisconsin Network, collects money, manages the WISH trust fund, pays healthcare providers and distributes partnership profits.

THE WISH TRUST FUND WOULD NOT GET TAX MONEY. 

WISH forms the Wisconsin Network [WIN], a joint venture of healthcare providers licensed to do business in Wisconsin (hospital corporations, medical service LLCs, pharmaceutical companies, retail drug stores, medical equipment manufacturers and vendors, etc.). WIN is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. WIN sets the prices of their respective members' goods and services and establishes their respective members’ procedures for authorizations and payments. WIN enters into a healthcare requirements contract with the State of Wisconsin on behalf of Wisconsinites.

WISH BUYS HEALTHCARE NOT INSURANCE.
While retaining their distinct legal identities, healthcare providers sell goods and services to Wisconsinites. WISH establishes a trust fund, pays healthcare providers and distributes partnership profits to WIN. Into this WISH trust fund, Wisconsinites pay monthly healthcare contributions exactly like our Wisconsin Health Insurance Marketplace. Into this WISH trust fund, healthcare providers contribute assessments to cover the difference, if any, between their prices and the allotted collected contributions.

A board of trustees, comprised of members from the healthcare industry and ex officio members, manages WISH. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board [SWIB] manages the WISH trust fund. A WISH Administrative Contractor [WAC] processes the claims arising from the sale of healthcare goods and services. For example, National Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anthem, Inc., processes Medicare claims for Medicare beneficiaries in Wisconsin. WAC, SWIB and the ex officio members’ participation as trustees would likely increase state costs. To pay for increased state costs, WISH eliminates income tax deductions for business advertising. 
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I am a retired lawyer who believes that a society cannot survive, much less thrive, if members are ignorant, sick, and covetous. Please allow me to allay any ethical concerns about my idea. I am selling nothing, buying nothing, gaining nothing, losing nothing. Healthcare costs became a part of my life when our eldest son was diagnosed during his second year of medical school with glioblastoma multiforme. After three craniotomies and ten years of chemotherapy, he succumbed to leptomeningeal disease at Clarehouse in Tulsa. He received excellent medical care, but the costs added unnecessary stress. 

Tell your Wisconsin State Representatives to enact WISH.