Health Care

CBO Analysis of ACA Insurance Gains: House Plan Amounts to Repeal and Erase

A new report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms most of our worst fears about the House Republican plan to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and radically change Medicaid.  The March 13th report released by the Republican-appointed director of the CBO shows the following: Federal Medicaid funding...

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ACA Repeal Bill Becomes a Stealth Attack on Medicaid

Fundamental Change to Structure of Medicaid Would Gradually Yield Deep Cuts A new analysis of the House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) projects that the changes relating to the health insurance Marketplace will cause more than 15 million people to become uninsured. And in my opinion, that’s the...

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Medicaid Spending Growth Continues to Slow

DHS Projects State Share of Medicaid Spending to be $312 Million Less than Budgeted Medicaid spending in Wisconsin has been far less than state lawmakers anticipated when they approved the 2015-17 budget bill 18 months ago.  The sharply reduced estimates of Medicaid spending undercut the argument that state policymakers will have to...

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The Harmful Consequences in Wisconsin of ACA Repeal

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which seems to be a high priority for some members of Congress and the President-elect, would hurt Wisconsinites in far more ways than most people realize.  A new WCCF fact sheet summarizes some of the most significant effects of repealing the ACA without enacting a viable replacement plan....

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