Wisconsin's Unique Medicaid Solution Necessitates that Diverse Parties Work Together Over the last couple of months, there have been numerous reports about a large hole in the Affordable Care Act – stemming from the Supreme Court’s decision to make it optional for states to expand Medicaid coverage to all citizens below 138% of the...
WCCF has been arguing all year that Wisconsin shouldn’t push 90,000 people off BadgerCare in December – at the same time that hundreds of thousands of uninsured Wisconsinites are trying to enroll in the new insurance Marketplace. Also at that time, about 25,000 people now in the state’s high risk pool will have to try to buy coverage...
$11 Million Drop in Homestead Credit Offers OpportunitiesGovernor Walker’s proposed $100 million property tax cut is on a fast track through the legislature, with the Senate voting to approve the measure today and the Assembly set to consider the measure as soon as Thursday. The rush to cut property taxes is a bit ironic considering...
This chart is a handy reference for the income levels that are relevant for BadgerCare and the Affordable Care Act. It shows the income limits and thresholds for people in different family sizes from 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level, and contains tables that convert the annual income limits into monthly and hourly amounts....
As WCCF works with others in the Wisconsin 2nd Chance Alliance to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction to age 18 for first-time, non-violent youth we take note that a recent report, Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System, published by the Campaign for Youth Justice highlights changes in 23 states between 2001 and...
Did you know that the newly-renovated KIDS COUNT Data Center makes it easy to develop a profile of your county that includes a wide range of indicators for child well-being? I’ve fielded several calls in the past month from advocates who are looking for information about a specific county, and they have been surprised and excited to...
A research brief by Jeffrey Butts, Violent Youth Crime in the U.S. Falls to New 32-Year Low, shows that after controlling for the size of population the rate of juvenile arrests per 100,000 youth peaked in 1994 at around 500 and hit a new low in 2012 of 190. There was a slight upsurge in 2008, but every year between 2009 and 2012, the...
Wisconsin has been awarded an additional $15.5 million in grants to strengthen the state’s home visiting efforts. The largest is an expansion grant for $6.7 million in year one and $7.2 million in year two. That grant, from the Department of Health and Human Services, is funded through the Affordable Care Act.Once again Wisconsin has...
We’re very excited that the new Health Insurance Marketplace for Wisconsin will begin taking applications Tuesday, October 1. The federal subsidies for most people buying coverage through the new Marketplace will do a lot to improve access to health insurance in Wisconsin. Subsidies are available for adults with income between 100% and...
This Q & A format document covers a wide range of questions about what the federal health care reform law means for Wisconsinites.
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