Back in October 2011, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) estimated that the state was facing a shortfall in the budget for Medicaid and BadgerCare of about $550 million during the 2011-13 biennium: almost $220 million in state General Purpose Revenue (GPR) and $330 million of matching federal funds.
House Committee Votes to End CHIPRA Bonus FundingA House committee voted last week to eliminate the funding that had been set aside to give states bonuses for significant increases in Medicaid enrollment of children. Wisconsin received a $24.5 million bonus last year for the success of BadgerCare in substantially increasing the number...
This two-page paper provides an overview of the BadgerCare Plus changes approved by the federal Department of Health and Human Services for adults over 133 percent of the federal poverty level. It also notes which of the Walker Administration proposed changes were not approved, including those which would have caused 29,000 children to lose their BadgerCare coverage.
For over a year, we’ve been expecting changes to BadgerCare Plus. On Friday, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved a portion of the Walker Administration’s requested changes. Though we’ve been updating you through the blog on what we expected to be approved, the final agreement is in and we've prepared a new...
Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents who are eligible for nutrition assistance are not receiving it, according to a new report by the Legislative Audit Bureau. Nearly one out of every five state residents received nutrition assistance at some point during 2011. Participation in the Wisconsin FoodShare program (informally known...
Federal officials notified the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) that the state will be allowed to make significant cost-cutting changes to BadgerCare. Although we don’t have precise figures yet on the number of people to be adversely affected, it appears that those changes will cause at least 17,000 adults to lose their...
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Late on April 27th
Wisconsin received word from federal officials that the Department of Health Services
(DHS) may proceed with a portion of the proposed changes to BadgerCare. DHS immediately initiated
the process of putting those changes into effect, beginning on July 1, 2012. The modified plan is expected to cause about 17,000 adults to lose their BadgerCare coverage, and many more will have higher costs for their coverage.
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...
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