New research from Nobel Laureate James Heckman and colleagues shows that quality early childhood programs that incorporate health and nutrition help prevent chronic disease. Findings reveal substantially better health in the mid-30s with a lower prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, such as stroke and...
Subsidies Cover 74% of Premium Costs for Wisconsinites Eligible for Marketplace Tax Credits Over 8 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through the federal Marketplace that began operating in January, and new data released today show that most individuals participating in the Marketplace are paying less than $100 per...
The overall infant mortality rate in Wisconsin has declined slowly over the past two decades, but our state continues to have an alarmingly high infant mortality rate among African-Americans. Although the infant mortality rate for African-Americans has dropped significantly in Wisconsin since the early 2000s, it is nearly double the...
Advocates and Policymakers Await Data on How Many Transition to Marketplace Coverage Data released on May 19 by the Governor's Office indicate that nearly 63,000 people have lost BadgerCare eligibility this year because of state policy changes. The vast majority of them lost their BadgerCare coverage on April 1 because of eligibility...
Governor Walker and the Department of Health Services (DHS) released data today relating to BadgerCare enrollment in April. According to the Governor’s press release, the state was serving an additional 81,731 childless adults below the poverty level in April, but 62,776 people with income above the poverty level lost their BadgerCare...
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