Advocates, legislators, and individual supporters from across the state gathered at the capital today for the introduction of the “Strengthen BadgerCare Act.” This bill would close the gap in BadgerCare, ensuring that low-income uninsured Wisconsinites without health insurance do not continue to fall through the cracks in BadgerCare.A...
Happy 4th Anniversary of CHIPRA ReauthorizationSince 2009, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) has helped tens of thousands of Wisconsin kids access BadgerCare coverage. BadgerCare continues to be vital to working families struggling to provide health care for their children, especially during the...
The weekly newsletter of the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) announced Friday that their Board of Directors decided unanimously on January 30 to support “lifting the existing enrollment freeze in BadgerCare Core for childless adults with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).” The rest of the newsletter...
Treasury Dept. Decision Increases Importance of Strong BadgerCare Coverage A long-awaited rule issued by the Treasury Department today contains bad news for many health care advocates and for some low-income families who were hoping that subsidies for coverage through the new exchanges would provide a more affordable alternative to the...
What Do the New Guidelines Mean for the Medicaid Option? Yesterday federal officials released the 2013 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, better known as the federal poverty level (FPL). States and the federal government use the guidelines to determine eligibility for many public assistance programs, such as Medicaid, BadgerCare and...
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