DHS Warns BadgerCare Participants of Likely Terminations, but Capacity to Make Correct Eligibility Determinations Is Still Months AwayThe Department of Health Services is sending notices this week to about 56,000 households now participating in BadgerCare, notifying them that adults in the family could lose their BadgerCare eligibility...
Just recently, strong statements supporting investment in early learning and development have come from Nobel Laureate Economist James Heckman and 35 top business leaders.Heckman’s Case for an Early StartHeckman’s opinion piece, Lifelines for Poor Children, appeared in the New York Times Opinionator section September 14, 2013. His...
We’re only a week away from the launch of the new health insurance Marketplaces – which will begin on October 1 to take applications for coverage that will start in January. As that date nears, Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has chosen not to release any specific information about the rates for the new insurance...
The House of Representatives voted Friday for a budget bill that “defunds” the Affordable Care Act (aka “ObamaCare”). That's not exactly a big surprise since they have now voted more than 40 times to try to repeal or halt the ACA. However, they are substantially raising the stakes – this week threatening a government shutdown if the...
Despite Small Gains, More than Half a Million Wisconsinites Remain UninsuredDo you feel like the nation’s gradual recovery from the Great Recession has largely passed you by? If so, you have plenty of company. New data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show that poverty remains high in Wisconsin and median income remains far...
As we approach the October 1 date when people can start signing up for health insurance through the new Marketplace, the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has released information on the geographic areas being served by the 13 insurance companies participating in the federally run Marketplace in Wisconsin. Our quick review...
New information released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that most Americans have seen little or no benefit from the gradual economic recovery over the last few years. The new statistics show that the nation’s relatively high poverty rate remained at 15.0% in 2012, which amounts to 46.5 million people living in poverty and is...
As a lover of data, I have been looking forward to this week because the Census Bureau is making two major releases of 2012 survey data: On Tuesday, September 17, data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) will be released. On Thursday, September 19, the Census Bureau will release more detailed data from the American Community Survey...
Wisconsin could have 36,000 fewer uninsured children if it uses the health care reform law to achieve Massachusetts’ low, 1.8% rate of children lacking insurance. That’s the conclusion of a new WCCF report analyzing recently released Census Bureau data.Tapping the full potential of the health care reform law and making a large dent in...
This paper examines new county-level data on uninsured children.
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