Affordable Care Act (ACA)

New Enrollment Numbers Add Fuel to the Medicaid Expansion Debate

Surge in BadgerCare Enrollment of Childless Adults Strengthens the Case for Tapping Federal Funding  As new statistics come in, we can see that the second open enrollment period for the federal insurance Marketplace didn’t merely cause a big increase in Marketplace coverage, it also yielded a surge in BadgerCare enrollment. That’s music...

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House to Vote Soon on a Counterproductive Change to the ACA

The “Save American Workers Act” Would Do Exactly the Opposite The New Year brings renewed focus on legislative “fixes” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Unfortunately, the bill that the Republican leaders have prioritized – which they are calling the “Save American Workers Act” – will actually reduce employment, not increase it. The...

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Five Reasons To Log Back onto Healthcare.gov During Marketplace Open Enrollment

A window of opportunity recently opened for individuals who want affordable health care for them and their families. The annual open enrollment period for insurance plans offered through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) began Saturday, November 15 and ends on February 15, 2015. Approximately 139,000 Wisconsinites purchased a...

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Rapidly Growing Reasons for Expanding BadgerCare Eligibility

Voters in many parts of Wisconsin will have an opportunity next Tuesday (Nov. 4th) to tell state lawmakers whether they should reverse the decision to turn down federal funding to cover more adults in BadgerCare.  There are many reasons why people should vote “yes” on that referendum question – to support taking the federal funding –...

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