Celebrating 47 and 15 Years of the Federal Programs that Make BadgerCare Work for Wisconsin ChildrenAugust marks the 47th anniversary of Medicaid and the 15th anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The names CHIP and Medicaid might not mean much to some of us here in Wisconsin, but the program they combined to...
Funding in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives Wisconsin an exciting opportunity to close a very large gap in BadgerCare – coverage for low-income adults who aren’t custodial parents of minor children. To help facilitate an informed discussion of that issue, we prepared an outline of relevant data and analyses relating to who would gain...
Today marks the implementation of a much-anticipated package of preventive care services for women, as a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Women make 80 percent of the health care decisions for their families and are more likely to provide care if a family member falls ill. And women are more likely to delay or avoid needed care...
New DHS Data Confirm Need to Improve Access to Care for Adults without Dependent ChildrenThe latest Family Health Survey results that were recently released by the Department of Health Services (DHS) show that low-income “childless adults” constitute a very large share of uninsured Wisconsin residents. Lumping together the 2009 and...
Our state faces a major decision in the next budget regarding whether to use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to improve access to health care for a large segment of uninsured Wisconsin – i.e., adults who aren’t custodial parents of a dependent child. Because this is a very significant policy choice for the state, we need to take a comprehensive look at the costs and benefits.
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