Options for Closing Medicaid Deficit while Protecting BadgerCare

by Kids Forward | April 22, 2012

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According to a Wisconsin Budget Project analysis released Friday, the recent contraction of the state’s Medicaid deficit allows the remaining shortfall to be eliminated without damaging cuts to BadgerCare that could adversely affect more than 300,000 Wisconsinites. Read more in Friday’s Budget Project Blog post, or go directly to the 3-page paper.

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