Medicaid’s 50th anniversary marks a major milestone in our progress as a nation in providing all of our children access to the health care they need to help them stay healthy. The growth in the program has also spurred more research on its benefits over time, and the most recent studies indicate that access to Medicaid for children not...
As you have no doubt heard by now, the Supreme Court issued a health care reform ruling this morning that confirms what we have known all along – that the law was designed to provide a tax credit to any American who qualifies, regardless of the type of insurance marketplace they use. More broadly, the ruling reinforces the fact that...
Over 180,000 Wisconsinites at Risk of Losing their Marketplace Insurance Coverage Two years ago, Governor Walker and GOP legislators decided to cut in half the income limit for parents’ eligibility for BadgerCare – reducing it from 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL) to 100% of FPL. They justified that choice on the basis that...
A new report examines the potential impact of the impending U.S. Supreme Court ruling on King vs Burwell, a ruling that will determine whether people can continue to get federal tax credits for health care coverage purchased through the federal health insurance market. A ruling in favor of King could negatively affect access to health...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides funding for states to expand health insurance coverage for low-income adults who have income below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). That part of the ACA gave Wisconsin a great opportunity to close a very large gap in BadgerCare – coverage for “childless adults” (adults who aren’t custodial parents of a dependent child).
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