Many residents of Wisconsin have yet to fully rebound from the impact of the recession that began five years ago, according to a new county-level analysis released today by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families. A typical Wisconsin household earned less money in 2012 than it did before the recession, according to the analysis....
Needless to say, the initial roll out of the online application process for getting coverage through the new federal health insurance Marketplace has been very frustrating for people shopping for insurance and also for those of us who simply want to check it out. Although some of the state-operated insurance marketplaces seem to be...
Wisconsin's Unique Medicaid Solution Necessitates that Diverse Parties Work Together Over the last couple of months, there have been numerous reports about a large hole in the Affordable Care Act – stemming from the Supreme Court’s decision to make it optional for states to expand Medicaid coverage to all citizens below 138% of the...
WCCF has been arguing all year that Wisconsin shouldn’t push 90,000 people off BadgerCare in December – at the same time that hundreds of thousands of uninsured Wisconsinites are trying to enroll in the new insurance Marketplace. Also at that time, about 25,000 people now in the state’s high risk pool will have to try to buy coverage...
We’re very excited that the new Health Insurance Marketplace for Wisconsin will begin taking applications Tuesday, October 1. The federal subsidies for most people buying coverage through the new Marketplace will do a lot to improve access to health insurance in Wisconsin. Subsidies are available for adults with income between 100% and...
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