Medicaid Expansion Will Be Important Issue in State-level ElectionsThe Supreme Court’s decision upholding nearly all of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes the health care reform law a very important part of the presidential and congressional election campaigns over the coming months. The Court’s decision to strike down one portion of...
The Division of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) has released a report in response to 2011 Act 32 in which they were directed to gather information about juvenile justice expenditures and services throughout Wisconsin, including both expenditures by the DJC as well as by counties, related to intervening in juvenile crime.Variations in how...
The Walker Administration’s changes to BadgerCare take effect today (July 1). Fortunately, because of the “maintenance of effort” requirement in the Affordable Care Act, the changes are much more limited than what the Department of Health Services (DHS) initially proposed. (See our comparative summary of the initial proposal and the...
A quarterly report released late on Friday by the Department of Health Services provides both good and bad news about Wisconsin’s Medicaid budget. At first blush, the numbers look worse than the deficit figures in the last quarterly report, but that’s before the cost-cutting initiatives are taken into account. When those are factored...
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) paves the way for further progress toward making sure all Wisconsin children have access to the quality, affordable health care they need to grow and thrive.Many Wisconsinites are already benefiting from provisions that keep children healthy....
This one-pager summarizes a series of blog posts, highlighting ten of the many ways health care reform is already helping Wisconsin families. Please print copies and distribute this resource widely.
This post summarizes a series of blog posts highlighted on the WisKids blog, in anticipation of the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform.#1 – Maintenance of Effort (MOE)The MOE requirements in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are intended to preserve Medicaid and CHIP coverage during implementation of the law, and as the economy is...
Even though the child care subsidy budget (Wisconsin Shares) was reduced by more than $100 million in the last budget, from $402.5 million in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2010-11 to $301.6 million in SFY 2011-12, it looks like there will be underspending this year.Anticipated Underspending in SFY 2012As the first year of the biennial budget...
Way #10: Community Health Centers, Primary Care Provider Support, and Small Business Tax Credits As you probably know, the health care reform law is long and complicated. The sheer number and scope of reforms cannot be simplified into ten blog posts. So we prioritized those already making a difference for families in Wisconsin (while...
While most attention on the Supreme Court is around their decision on health care, today the court ruled 5-4 that statutes requiring the mandatory sentencing of youth under the age of 18, even youth who commit a homicide, to life without the opportunity for parole (LWOP) are unconstitutional. The circumstances of the two cases brought...
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