A June 2017 national poll found that 79% of voters—including 80% of Trump votes and 79% of Clinton voters—want Congress and the administration to work together to improve the quality of child care and preschool, and make it more affordable for parents. “ Investing in quality early childhood education from birth through age five has...
A very thorough research report examining Wisconsin’s YoungStar program was published in June 2017, completed by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute and written by Rob Grunewald, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Grunewald also co-authored the 2012 report just as YoungStar was getting launched, “The Economic...
While the debate around the fate of the Affordable Care Act has dominated the news over the past few months, other threats to health care have been brewing. In Wisconsin, advocates, providers, lawmakers, and individuals and families affected by mental health challenges know that every dollar is crucial when it comes to ensuring that the...
Failure to Renew the CHIP Law Would Show Congress Is Dysfunctional Can Congress reach a bipartisan agreement on a health care bill? I think it can and absolutely should, and renewal of the very popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) offers the best chance to show that bipartisanship is still possible. However, ensuring...
Kids Forward Executive Director Ken Taylor delivered the following remarks at our rebranding launch event, A New Name, A New Look, A Renewed Mission, on July 11, 2017. "One of the keys to our organization’s longevity is that we have been willing and able to look forward and change with the times. Our name change is an indication of our...
Budget Bills Pose Even Larger Threats to Medicaid We all know that in a horror movie the villain that has been threatening death or destruction will appear to die, only to miraculously come back to life for one or more final attempts on the life of the heroic protagonist who was prematurely enjoying his or her apparent victory. Because...
The budget proposal released this week by Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate fails to include a tax cut for low-income working parents that was proposed by Governor Walker.
The Senate's latest health bill will hurt many Wisconsinites whether they are on BadgerCare, receiving insurance through the marketplace, or have insurance through their employer. New analyses of the bill show that it will increase the number of people without insurance, increase costs of those with insurance, and decrease access to...
Over the past few years, the number of uninsured Wisconsinites has been significantly reduced. However, the positive downward trend is likely to be reversed under the Senate’s proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and make huge cuts to the Medicaid program. A new study from the Urban Institute finds that in Wisconsin,...
As long as the Senate is changing the name of the “American Health Care Act” (AHCA), they ought to come up with something that paints a more accurate picture of the bill. Rather than their dull and misleading title, the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017,” the Senate should call its bill the “Pay More for Less Plan.” In the...
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