Dr. Jeff Bailet
Dr. Jeff Bailet, CEO of San Francisco-based Altais, got his start in government relations when he was the chief medical officer of a medical group in Seattle. After the practice announced it would move to a different health system, the city’s deputy mayor asked him to help address fears among the public and community clinics that the change would make it more difficult for the city’s neediest populations to access care. Those outreach efforts culminated in an agreement that secured healthcare access for those communities for 10 years.
“That was my sort of first taste of how powerful advocacy can be,” Bailet said. “I realized early on that the medical community can’t do it alone. It’s a team sport.”
By: Bill Osmulski
It’s been ten years since Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican state legislature permanently fix the state’s financial crisis by passing Act 10. The root of the problem was in unsustainable collective bargaining agreements. It took a lot of courage to take on the unions, and they had no idea what they were in for. However, because they stuck to their principles, Wisconsin no longer faces a budget crisis every two years – it now enjoys regular budget surpluses.
The unions, and their Democrat allies, did everything they could think of to stop this from happened. They unleashed a mob on the capitol that occupied the building for three weeks and attempted to intimidate Republican lawmakers into caving. No matter how bad the situation got, Walker never called out the military and the police generally took a hands off approach to the situation.