The state budget and the taxes that help finance it have a huge impact on children and families. The budget provides most of the funding for vital government services, such as education, health care, transportation, child welfare and other safety net programs.
For more detailed analysis, visit the Wisconsin Budget Project website.
As we’ve been sharing on this blog, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) recently submitted a proposal for federal approval that will result in tens of thousands of working Wisconsinites losing BadgerCare and Medicaid coverage. Despite attempts from the public and advocacy groups to call on DHS for a transparent process and...
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...
Seven months ago, the Wisconsin Legislature hurriedly passed a bill giving the Department of Health Services (DHS) sweeping authority to rewrite the laws governing Medicaid and BadgerCare. On September 30, DHS finally unveiled a lengthy outline of its plans for cutting $554 million from the state’s Medicaid programs. Those plans include...
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) released a report Tuesday (Aug. 30) detailing 31 recommendations for loosening federal Medicaid standards, in order to give states far more autonomy in determining who is eligible and what they are eligible for. The report, titled A New Medicaid: A Flexible, Innovative and Accountable Future,...
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