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...
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...
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...
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