We’ve updated our infographics detailing how different groups are affected by the new health insurance landscape with the new 2016 Federal Poverty Levels (FPL).
The New Health Insurance Landscape Infographic
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Health Care
Insurance Marketplace Enrollment is Strong, as Deadline Approaches
With about two weeks to go until the end of the 2016 open enrollment period, Wisconsin was on target to sign up substantially more people in the federal health insurance Marketplace than a year ago. The most recent Marketplace enrollment report from the federal Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), with data on sign-ups through...
Health Coverage for Hispanic Children – Great Progress and the Work Ahead
No matter who you are, or what you do, we can all agree that we want what’s best for Wisconsin’s kids. Access to health coverage is a critical piece of the puzzle to set children up for success. A recent report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families (GCCF) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) found that we’re making...
DHS Substantially Reduces Medicaid Spending Estimate
The latest quarterly report from the Department of Health Services (DHS) has some very good news on Wisconsin’s Medicaid budget. The report released yesterday projects that the state share of Medicaid spending will be $72.6 million less than previously expected over the course of the current biennium. The substantial savings in state...
Good Budget News Relating to BadgerCare and Medicaid
There was some good news this week from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) relating to Medicaid and the potential expansion of BadgerCare. That news came on Tuesday when Senators John Erpenbach and Jennifer Shilling both released a Fiscal Bureau memo that re-estimates the potential savings from expanding BadgerCare eligibility. The new...
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