As we’ve been sharing on this blog, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) recently submitted a proposal for federal approval that will result in tens of thousands of working Wisconsinites losing BadgerCare and Medicaid coverage. Despite attempts from the public and advocacy groups to call on DHS for a transparent process and...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) recently submitted a request to federal officials for approval to make sweeping changes in the BadgerCare program. Most of those changes conflict with provisions in the federal health care reform law requiring states to maintain current standards relating to eligibility and enrollment. ...
The Joint Finance Committee met today to consider the Department of Health Services plan to cut the state’s Medicaid spending by making changes to BadgerCare that will result in tens of thousands of Wisconsin families becoming uninsured. The DHS plan was approved on a party-line vote of 11 to 4, with one of the Republican committee...
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will meet this Thursday (Nov. 10) to consider the proposals by the Department of Health Services (DHS) to make dramatic changes to the BadgerCare Program. Although the JFC is not taking public testimony, Democrats are hosting a public hearing in the Capitol Thursday at about the same time...
Federal and state officials announced at a press conference Monday (Nov.7) that Wisconsin will be one of six states taking part in a new federal pilot program to expedite the approval of affordable housing projects. Developers of federally subsidized multifamily housing complexes typically rely on multiple sources of state and federal...
Sweeping changes to BadgerCare have been proposed by the Department of Health Services (DHS) and are expected to be reviewed this week by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (probably on Thursday). A new WCCF issue brief examines how the proposed BadgerCare changes would have very negative consequences for Wisconsin’s children.The...
Joint Finance Committee Meeting Also Expected Next Week on the DHS Halloween Package Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) announced this week that she will host a public hearing to invite comments on Governor Walker’s proposed cuts to the Medicaid and BadgerCare programs. The hearing will be next Friday, November 11, from 4:00 to 6:00...
This is a text of a message that worked its way through from others related to the Senate’s action related to juvenile justice funding. Sen. Kohl voted in favor of this bill – Sen. Johnson voted against, presumably because he thinks it should be essentially zero. Even at this level of funding, there will be reductions in the amount of...
Wisconsin households will save an average of $1,467 per year after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), yet the Walker Administration continues to push for repeal. Yesterday, the Walker Administration released copies of their comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the ACA Health Insurance...
Many questions still unanswered, but more details expected this week As we reported previously, the Department of Health Services held hearings last Wednesday and Friday in Milwaukee and Madison on their proposals for cutting more than $500 million from Medicaid and BadgerCare. We appreciate that DHS held two hearings, although their...
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