More Discouraging News Regarding Special Committee RecommendationsIn a blog post last week, Sara Eskrich noted that the Legislative Council met on January 18 and recommended only 3 of the 11 bill drafts developed by the Special Committee on Infant Mortality. That same day, the Legislative Council also considered four bills developed by...
By Forsaking Federal Funds, State Must Halt Effort to Develop “Real Time" Eligibility System It was widely publicized last week that Governor Walker decided to put a halt to the state’s implementation of health care reform, including health insurance exchanges, and to stop drawing down federal funds from the $37.6 million Early...
Certification of a Deficit Would Allow State to End or Modify BadgerCare Eligibility for 53,000 AdultsGovernor Walker and many Republican legislators have said repeatedly that the biennial budget bill brought the state budget into balance. I agree with that assessment. However, the Department of Health Services (DHS) sent a letter to...
Yesterday, the Joint Legislative Council met to hear the recommendations of a number of special committees. As we discussed in Tuesday’s blog post, the Special Committee on Infant Mortality put forth particularly important legislative recommendations, which we strongly support. Unfortunately, the majority of these proposals were not...
Will the Governor Give up the Grant; Will Federal Officials End It; or Neither of the Above? An interesting article posted online late Monday by Politico describes “Scott Walker's health care dilemma.” The topic is the question of whether the Governor will decide to forsake the Early Innovator grant Wisconsin received a year ago to...
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