The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) issued new figures last week relating to the effect of the extended federal fiscal relief for Medicaid on Wisconsin’s Medicaid (and BadgerCare Plus) deficit. The LFB memo clarifies a number of important fiscal issues, but it will be superseded in a couple of weeks by new DHS estimates of the deficit.  A new Wisconsin Budget Project blog post examines the LFB numbers and the recent news that the executive branch would need legislative approval to address the deficit by delaying Medicaid payments until the next biennium.   Read more.