Two Reports Bring Wisconsin Good News about the Medicaid Budget The projected savings in Wisconsin’s current Medicaid budget have grown even larger since the last estimate was released just a couple of weeks ago. In addition, it now appears that the federal share of Medicaid spending will increase more than expected in Wisconsin during...
Will Policymakers Continue the Remarkable Progress or Reverse Course? The next year will be a pivotal one for health care because state and federal policymakers might build on the remarkable gains in health insurance coverage achieved over the past two years, or they might undo that progress. Recently released Census Bureau data show...
The budget request submitted by the Department of Health Services (DHS) last week estimates that Wisconsin’s share of the cost of maintaining the Medicaid budget will grow by about $452 million during the next two fiscal years (2017-19), relative to the current base. Obviously that's not peanuts, but it's a manageable amount. DHS has...
New survey data released last week by the National Health Insurance Survey (NHIS) make it even clearer that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has caused a dramatic drop in the number of Americans who are uninsured. This Tuesday (Sept. 13) the Census Bureau will release more detailed data, including state-level uninsured rates, and we will...
As we head into September and the beginning of a new school year, there are a number of opportunities to connect and engage with families around enrolling their children in BadgerCare (Wisconsin’s Medicaid/CHIP program). For Wisconsin children to reach their full potential in school and beyond, we need to make the most of those...
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