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...
Key facts about the changes coming to health insurance in Wisconsin.
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...
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...
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