The Joint Finance Committee met today to consider the Department of Health Services plan to cut the state’s Medicaid spending by making changes to BadgerCare that will result in tens of thousands of Wisconsin families becoming uninsured. The DHS plan was approved on a party-line vote of 11 to 4, with one of the Republican committee...
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will meet this Thursday (Nov. 10) to consider the proposals by the Department of Health Services (DHS) to make dramatic changes to the BadgerCare Program. Although the JFC is not taking public testimony, Democrats are hosting a public hearing in the Capitol Thursday at about the same time...
Sweeping changes to BadgerCare have been proposed by the Department of Health Services (DHS) and are expected to be reviewed this week by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (probably on Thursday). A new WCCF issue brief examines how the proposed BadgerCare changes would have very negative consequences for Wisconsin’s children.The...
Joint Finance Committee Meeting Also Expected Next Week on the DHS Halloween Package Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) announced this week that she will host a public hearing to invite comments on Governor Walker’s proposed cuts to the Medicaid and BadgerCare programs. The hearing will be next Friday, November 11, from 4:00 to 6:00...
Wisconsin households will save an average of $1,467 per year after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), yet the Walker Administration continues to push for repeal. Yesterday, the Walker Administration released copies of their comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the ACA Health Insurance...
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