One of the good news stories in public health is the very substantial decline in teen births over the last couple of decades. This decrease is important because we know that births to teens create long term challenges for both the children and the parents, including increased health complications, lower education levels and lower...
Two new analyses released this week provide further evidence of the sharp disparities between African Americans and whites in Wisconsin. The latest evidence comes from a study of trends in life expectancy rates from the journal Health Affairs and new health insurance data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS). The study...
As Summer Heats up, Two Recent Papers Point to the Chilling Effect of Premium Increases on Low-Income Children and Parents' Access to Health Insurance Recent research on the effects of premium increases on enrollment in both Medicaid and CHIP finds that the implementation of even relatively small premiums has a detrimental effect on...
New Gallup survey data released this week indicates that the portion of adults in Wisconsin who are uninsured dropped by an estimated 2.1 percentage points in the first half of 2014. The Gallup analysis of the survey data divides states into two categories: 21 states that have expanded Medicaid to adults up to 138% of the federal...
Advocates Seek DHS Help in Understanding What’s Causing a BadgerCare Decline The BadgerCare changes that Wisconsin put into effect this year have had a surprising and worrisome effect. Over the last 9 months, the total number of children in BadgerCare and Transitional Medicaid has been falling, at a time when budget experts expected a...
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