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2015 Federal Poverty Levels and their Relevance to Health Care Eligibility

Federal officials recently released the 2015 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, better known as the federal poverty levels (FPL).  States and the federal government use the guidelines to determine eligibility for many public assistance programs, such as Medicaid, BadgerCare and child care subsidies. The following three tables show how...

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Changes in Student Discipline Codes – Madison and Beyond

In a Wisconsin State Journal article on Sept. 2, the first day of school for the 2014-15 school year, a number of changes for the Madison Schools are highlighted. Notable among them is a change in the student discipline code that can hopefully keep more youth in the classroom and reduce the number of youth suspended or even expelled....

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Court Decision Highlights Another Risk of Scaling Back BadgerCare

The decision issued yesterday by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals draws attention to a significant drawback of the choice made by Wisconsin lawmakers to cut in half the BadgerCare income eligibility ceiling for parents.  That decision was justified on the basis that low-income parents above the poverty level would be able to purchase...

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Momentum Grows for Referendum on BadgerCare Expansion

Dane and La Crosse Counties Are the Latest to Approve Putting the BadgerCare Issue to a Vote  Thursday evening Dane and La Crosse counties became the 7th & 8th counties to approve November ballot measures asking voters if Wisconsin should accept the federal funding for states that expand Medicaid coverage of adults.  Accepting that...

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Advocates to DHS: Where’s the Data?  (Part 2)

As states have tackled the issues of health care reform and Medicaid eligibility, Wisconsin has taken a unique approach.  The good news is that our state doesn’t have a gap in coverage for adults below the poverty level – in contrast to the other 23 state that have turned down federal funding for Medicaid expansions.  The bad news is...

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