GOP Motion Includes Correction in Coverage for Pregnant Women, but Doesn’t Remove Harmful Changes for Kids The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 this afternoon to approve an omnibus Medicaid motion, which approves most of the Governor’s recommendations, including his proposal to cap BadgerCare eligibility for adults at the poverty...
More Spending for Hospitals Would be a Reasonable Response to an Unreasonable Political Choice The Milwaukee Business Journal reported on Friday that GOP leaders are working on a budget amendment that responds to concerns of Wisconsin hospitals about an anticipated increase in uncompensated care from the Governor’s proposal to remove...
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) paper relating to options for improving or restricting access to BadgerCare was released late today, and it confirms that the state could cover far more people for a lot less money by accepting the enhanced federal Medicaid dollars provided by the Affordable Care Act. In fact, a compromise that would...
New WCCF Paper Summarizes Risks of Counting on Private Coverage to Work for Adults Near the Poverty Level Most of the debate about the proposed changes to BadgerCare in the budget has focused on the fact that the Governor’s plan would cover far fewer people, but would cost considerably more than alternatives that accept the enhanced...
In addition to the fact that the budget plan covers far fewer adults and would cost considerably more, there are numerous other considerations that make health care providers and consumer advocates very concerned about the practicality and timing of the proposed shift of about 100,000 current BadgerCare participants into the new health insurance marketplace (“exchange”).
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