Last week, one state legislator singlehandedly denied care for 16,500 people about to give birth in Wisconsin. For almost a decade, Representative Robin Vos has blocked Wisconsin from passing post-partum Medicaid extension, which would ensure that new moms on Medicaid have health insurance for a year after giving birth, instead of the...
Urge your members of Congress to ensure that a deal is a deal, and prevent health care cost spikes for millions of people. Read on, then contact your representatives. Contact Your Representatives The federal Government temporarily shuts down today while Congress tries to come to an agreement on how the federal dollars should be spent....
On July 3, 2025, Governor Evers signed the 2025-2027 State Budget. Ultimately this budget doesn't go nearly far enough to address the everyday struggles of Wisconsin families, especially families of color and those furthest from opportunity. But there were a few bright spots. Bipartisan negotiations---a rare occurrence in today's...
For Release: July 1, 2025 Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, [email protected] This morning the U.S. Senate passed a reckless budget bill that would make the deepest cuts in history to people's food assistance and health care, which includes BadgerCare, all to pay for extreme tax breaks for the nation’s wealthiest households and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2025From: Wisconsin Medicaid Coalition The U.S. Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation package took a bad bill and made it worse. The Senate package, passed this morning by a tiebreaker vote of 51-50, would cut almost $1 trillion from the Medicaid program over the next 10 years and result in close...
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