Affordable Care Act Protects Coverage of Kids and Lower Income Adults The Department of Health Services (DHS) issued an Operations Memo at 6:15 this evening explaining the changes to BadgerCare that it will implement on July 1. The “ops memo” was distributed after DHS received a letter late today from the federal department of Health...
Core Plan Coverage Plunges to Less Than 27,000, While Waiting List Exceeds 128,000A Wisconsin Budget Project Blog post that I wrote on Wednesday examines the plunging number of people served in the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan, which provides modest health care coverage for adults who don’t have dependent children. Since enrollment in the...
In the interim period between biennial sessions, the Legislative Council creates various special committees – comprised of legislators and public members – to study a broad range of issues and develop policy recommendations. This week the Legislative Council co-chairs released a list of the special committees that they proposed to...
Based on preliminary data (subject to revision) the over fifteen-year decline in the number of juveniles arrested in Wisconsin continued to decline in 2011, although the “pace” of that decline slowed a bit and was less universal. The number of youth (note: this includes 17-year olds who are still reported as juveniles for purposes of...
As we noted in Monday’s blog post, April is Minority Health Month, so we took the occasion to discuss racial disparities in health – particularly with respect to infant mortality rates. An April 24th article in the Journal Sentinel by Crocker Stephenson sheds new light on the extent of the problem in Milwaukee. The article reports that...
A recent report on the benefits of investing in high-quality early childhood education has been getting significant press across the state. A major reason for the attention is that the report is not from the usual suspects—it’s from the conservative Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI), headed by George Lightbourn, who served as...
The last week of March, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act. While Americans await the Court's decision about the ACA, the next contentious issue facing the justices is the fate of Arizona’s now infamous anti-immigration legislation, Arizona SB 1070. The Immigration Policy Center released a Q and A...
Kids of all backgrounds need health coverage and access to quality care. As we reflect on April as Minority Health Month, we are grateful that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already working – and will continue to improve health care choices and outcomes – for kids and families. For minority children in Wisconsin, celebrating Minority...
According to a Wisconsin Budget Project analysis released Friday, the recent contraction of the state’s Medicaid deficit allows the remaining shortfall to be eliminated without damaging cuts to BadgerCare that could adversely affect more than 300,000 Wisconsinites. Read more in Friday’s Budget Project Blog post, or go directly to the...
Full Brunt of Cuts Falls on Low-income Households, None on Farm Subsidies The Ryan budget plan that was approved by House Republicans a couple of weeks ago was just a general blueprint for the budget, with most of the details remaining to be worked out by various committees. Six committees in the House are now in the process of writing...
Your address helps us identify your legislators and the most relevant messages to send you.