The standards for determining BadgerCare eligibility changed in a couple of significant ways this week. Although the major eligibility changes (reducing the income limits for parents and improving coverage for adults without dependent children) have been delayed until April 1, the following two changes have just taken effect: The...
New federal poverty level (FPL) figures were released in January and began to apply to BadgerCare on Feb. 1, 2014. This one-page document shows those figures for different family sizes and translates them into the key percentages of the FPL for purposes of BadgerCare and the Affordable Care Act. It includes the monthly and hourly amounts, as well as the annual figures, and it explains the relevance of different percentages of the FPL.
Wisconsin’s projected surplus and its Medicaid deficit are intertwined, and not because the former could be used to remedy the latter (though it certainly could). What they have in common is that they both result in part from rising personal income in our state. A new Wisconsin Budget Project blog post explains how increased income...
The Ides of March (March 15) is one of a number of key dates this year relating to health insurance. That’s the date by which adults over the poverty level who will lose their BadgerCare coverage in April need to sign up for insurance through the federal Marketplace in order to avoid a period of being uninsured. A new WCCF document in...
Private Coverage in Wisconsin Exceeds Federal Target for First Three Months New figures released by federal officials today show that nearly 2.2 million people picked a private health insurance plan through the federal Marketplace by December 28, including nearly 41,000 in Wisconsin. In addition, more than 44,000 Wisconsinites who...
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