Press Releases
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Slash Medicaid and Food Assistance to Support Tax Breaks for the Wealthiest 1%
Download as PDF Thursday, May 22, 2025Contact: Emily Miota, emiota@kidsforward.org, 262-853-6863 US House bill cuts Medicaid by at least $790 B and SNAP by $300 B This morning, the U.S. House rubber stamped one of our country’s largest transfers of wealth to the...
Northeast Wisconsinites Stand up for Medicaid
Download as PDF Over 35 concerned individuals, mental health service recipients, impacted family members, school and community-based mental health providers, and substance use therapists gathered at Foundations Health & Wholeness in Green Bay to call on decision...
$700B Medicaid Cuts Put Wisconsin Families, Kids, & Rural Hospitals at Risk
Download as PDF The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee is taking its first step on proposed efforts to cut at least $715 B from Medicaid over the next 10 years—which would be the largest Medicaid cut in the health program’s 60 year history—and weaken the...
Our Response to Governor Evers’ Budget Proposal
Last night, Governor Evers shared a budget that starts to address some of the challenges confronting families across the state. During the “Year of the Kid,” we look forward to working on both sides of the aisle to ensure that the state budget includes every kid in...
Wisconsin Leaders Call on Congress to Protect Medicaid
As Congressional leadership proposes up to $2.3 trillion in cuts to the federal Medicaid program, more than 100 Wisconsin organizations—representing county leaders, direct service providers, health care providers, advocates, and many others in every county across the...
New Report: Medicaid Vital to Health & Wellness of Wisconsin’s Rural Communities
Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, emiota@kidsforward.org About One in Three Rural Wisconsin Children Count on Medicaid for Health Care Coverage A new report shows just how much Wisconsin families rely on Medicaid/BadgerCare in both rural and urban communities....
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Kids Forward in the News
Proposed Medicaid cuts would impact mental health, substance abuse services in Brown County, experts say (Green Bay Press Gazette)
Wisconsin Medicaid Coalition forms to protect program (Wisconsin Health News – login required)
A Roundtable on Proposed Medicaid Cuts (WORT)
Third of Wisconsin kids in urban, rural areas depend on Medicaid, says report (WI Health News)
New report: 1 in 3 kids in rural Wisconsin insured by Medicaid (Civic Media)
Report warns potential Medicaid cuts would harm rural patients, communities (WI Examiner)
Report: Nearly one-third of rural kids use Medicaid in Wisconsin (WPR)
Wisconsin’s low-wage workers have seen gains in recent years, but challenges remain (Wisconsin Public Radio)
WI makes the grade for child well-being, but education woes, disparities stick out (WI News Connection)
Wisconsin’s Black children and families face greatest disparities in US, Kids Forward finds (WI State Journal)
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