New Bill Will Hasten the Reduced BadgerCare Income Limit for Parents Applying for Coverage, while Aligning Eligibility Standards In a December 30th letter to state legislators, the Department of Health Services (DHS) explained that it will soon be proposing new BadgerCare legislation to modify the provisions of the Special Session bill...
The federal government announced today that it is awarding Wisconsin a 2013 bonus of $13.9 million for the state’s success in improving children’s access to health care through the BadgerCare program. The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 authorized performance bonus payments that pick up a larger share of...
Dec. 23 Deadline Extended One Day; Key Deadline for Purposes of the Mandate is March 31 December 24, 2013, is a key date for health care reform across the U.S. Thanks to a one-day extension, announced today, midnight on December 24th is now the deadline for signing up for coverage in the federal health insurance marketplace in order to...
As the new year rapidly approaches, there has been considerable discussion and confusion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring most Americans to either have health insurance beginning in 2014 or face a penalty (often called the “Individual Mandate”). A significant part of that confusion concerns the state and federal timelines and deadlines for obtaining coverage.
There were at least a couple of positive news items relating to health care reform today. At the top of that list, I would put a new study released today by The Milbank Quarterly, which found significant improvements in health status in Massachusetts following health care reform implementation. The Massachusetts experience illustrates...
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