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...
Last month the early childhood world got a healthy dose of good news. Analysis of data from North Carolina's famous Abecedarian Project, directed by Nobel laureate James Heckman, showed a surprising result. Children who participated in the program from birth to age 5 were in significantly better physical health 30 years later than their...
In the last four years Wisconsin has made great strides to build and expand an evidence-based home visiting system. Recent action in Washington bodes well for continuing sustainable funding as Congress extended the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program into 2015. Breakthrough in 2011 Support in Washington is good...
Urban Institute Says 5.4 Million Adults Gained Insurance between September 2013 and March 2014 A New York Times editorial Thursday morning assesses the success of the ACA. It focuses on the number of sign-ups for private coverage through the Marketplace, which recently surged past 7 million. However, the editorial also cites the...
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