Advocates Seek DHS Help in Understanding What’s Causing a BadgerCare Decline The BadgerCare changes that Wisconsin put into effect this year have had a surprising and worrisome effect. Over the last 9 months, the total number of children in BadgerCare and Transitional Medicaid has been falling, at a time when budget experts expected a...
This fact sheet examines changes in insurance coverage in Wisconsin since last September. It summarizes the Marketplace enrollment numbers and analyzes the changes in BadgerCare participation levels, including a surprising drop in the number of children in BadgerCare and Transitional Medicaid. Read more
Dane and La Crosse Counties Are the Latest to Approve Putting the BadgerCare Issue to a Vote Thursday evening Dane and La Crosse counties became the 7th & 8th counties to approve November ballot measures asking voters if Wisconsin should accept the federal funding for states that expand Medicaid coverage of adults. Accepting that...
There was good news and bad news from the Department of Health Services (DHS) Wednesday – but mostly it was very disappointing news. The good part is that DHS released the data that Senator Baldwin and others have been seeking, as I explained in a blog post on Tuesday. That data is from a cross match of state and federal computer...
As states have tackled the issues of health care reform and Medicaid eligibility, Wisconsin has taken a unique approach. The good news is that our state doesn’t have a gap in coverage for adults below the poverty level – in contrast to the other 23 state that have turned down federal funding for Medicaid expansions. The bad news is...
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