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New BadgerCare Waiver Brings Good and Bad News on Transitional Medicaid
Waiver Agreement Clears Way for Changes That Take Effect on April 1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that Wisconsin has been granted a federal waiver to make substantial changes to BadgerCare. As anticipated, the waiver allows the state to extend BadgerCare up to the poverty level for adults who aren’t...
January 8th JFC Agenda Includes Seven Mental Health Bills
Finance Committee Will Also Consider Further Changes to BadgerCare Back in November, the Assembly passed 11 mental health bills that are now in the Senate, including 8 that have been referred to Joint Finance Committee (JFC). Seven of those bills, which were developed by the Speaker’s Task Force on Mental Health, are being considered...
January 8th JFC Agenda Includes Funding for W-2 and WEDC, and Seven Mental Health Bills
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has a substantial agenda on Wednesday (Jan. 8) when it finally considers the budget items from the committee’s postponed Nov. 6th “section 13.10” meeting, as well as seven of the eight mental health bills that were referred to the committee in mid-November (which I’ll summarize in tomorrow’s WCCF blog...
Minor BadgerCare Changes Take Effect this Month, though Larger Changes Are Delayed
Shortly before Christmas, Governor Walker signed a bill that delays the major changes to BadgerCare (contained in the biennial budget bill). The following changes, which were originally supposed to take effect on January 1, are being delayed by the Special Session bill until April 1: Reducing eligibility for parents and caretakers, as...
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