The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides a vital source of federal support for children’s access to quality, affordable health care. Prompt action to extend federal funding for CHIP is crucial for the peace of mind for thousands of Wisconsin families and also for state lawmakers who need to know if they can count on that...
Surge in BadgerCare Enrollment of Childless Adults Strengthens the Case for Tapping Federal Funding As new statistics come in, we can see that the second open enrollment period for the federal insurance Marketplace didn’t merely cause a big increase in Marketplace coverage, it also yielded a surge in BadgerCare enrollment. That’s music...
By Qualifying for Increased Federal Medicaid Fund, Wisconsin Could Avoid Many Budget Cuts Two Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) papers released yesterday show that expanding BadgerCare could go a long way to helping avoid or scale back some of the deep cuts in the state budget bill. One of those memos, which was prepared for Senator Jon...
At long last we can begin to see how the Governor is proposing to close the substantial deficit facing the state, including the changes in the budget for the Department of Health Services (DHS). It will take much more careful study of the various budget documents before the changes come into clearer focus, but here are a few initial...
The “Save American Workers Act” Would Do Exactly the Opposite The New Year brings renewed focus on legislative “fixes” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Unfortunately, the bill that the Republican leaders have prioritized – which they are calling the “Save American Workers Act” – will actually reduce employment, not increase it. The...
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