Governor Doyle’s 2009-11 will cost consumers millions of dollars in higher insurance rates, and make employers, drivers and homeowners more vulnerable to lawsuit abuse.  Doyle’s budget:

• Drives Wisconsin from the 3rd lowest cost auto insurance state to one of the highest cost states.
  
• Increases the number of uninsured motorists.
  
• Forces families and businesses to pay up to $309 more for insurance with the largest dollar increase falling on families in the Milwaukee area.
  
• Mandates a 300% increase in coverage when the current minimum is adequate over 90% of the time. 
  
• Allows a plaintiff to recover all damages in a lawsuit from a defendant who was only 1% at fault.