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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Time for your physical
By Kevin Fischer
Monday, Jun 9 2008, 08:30 PM
The Associated Press is reporting that researchers will be going door to door in Wisconsin this week, taking physicals.
This is a research project by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, considered the first investigation of its kind in the nation.
According to the AP, “Ten researchers will measure, weigh, question and probe more than about 1,150 people to assess the health of Wisconsin’s 5.5 million residents. They’ll target 120 select census blocks.”
What are the “researchers” after?
“The project is part of an annual survey that’ll show the changes in what people eat, how much they weigh and what their health is,” reports the AP.
Price tag for the project: $4.1 million.
Surveyors will ask people ages 21 to 74 to participate in the survey, which comes in three parts. There will be an in-home interview on general medical information lasting an hour, a 45-minute survey with more in-depth questions people complete in private and a two-hour medical exam. The exam will be held at clinics in Middleton and Milwaukee, and at mobile vans elsewhere.
Participants will get $50, a T-shirt, and a copy of their blood test results
You know what the researchers are going to do with all that data?
They’ll hammer out a final report with recommendations.
It’s almost certain they’ll diagnose a whole bunch of problems that will require, you guessed it, a whole lot of increased spending and new programs.
I can save them a lot of time.
Their findings are predictable.
Wisconsin, you’re too fat and need to exercise.
Now, can we give the feds their $4.1 million back?
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