As kids return to the classroom this fall, they need to have access to health care to be able to thrive in school and reach their full potential. New county-level data from the U.S. Census Bureau illustrate the potential for schools throughout the state to help disseminate information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and facilitate...
Minnesota officials unveiled a wide range of information Friday regarding the rates that will be charged for insurance plans that will be offered next year on that state’s new insurance Marketplace (“MNsure”). A new Wisconsin Budget Project Blog post contrasts the Minnesota approach to the two-page release last week from the Office of...
CMS Is Accepting Public Comments until September 22 on Waiver Proposal A preliminary evaluation of changes to BadgerCare implemented in July 2012 shows that extending premiums to low-income families causes a dramatic decline in their participation in the program. Those results have important implications for the waiver recently...
Since July 2012, Wisconsin has been conducting a test of the effects of requiring more adults in BadgerCare to pay premiums. This 3-page report analyzes the preliminary results and examines their implications for the portion of the pending BadgerCare waiver proposal that would require all parents in the Transitional Medicaid program to...
Advocates Seek Additional Detail and Raise Questions about the Cost Comparisons We learned Tuesday that the average premiums for the improved individual insurance plans available through the new Marketplace next year will be higher than those for some of the individual plans available for 2013 – at least for the minority of...
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