Category: Medicaid/Medicare

Premiums for some BadgerCare Plus children returned at the start of April, after being temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. But children won’t lose coverage if their families don’t pay due to federal guidance released last year, the Department of Health Services said Wednesday.  Read More

Medicaid enrollment continues to fall, as the state unwinds a policy that kept renewals on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More

The Department of Health Services expects the Medicaid program to end the biennium with a surplus of $26 million in state dollars, according to a report released Friday.  Read More

Attorney General Josh Kaul said Friday that new legislative maps in Wisconsin could open the door for the state to take federal dollars available under the Affordable Care Act for Medicaid expansion.  Read More

The Department of Health Services is asking the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to establish minimum Medicaid rates for certain long-term care services.   Read More

President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted Republicans for opposing his Medicare policies. Read More

A new federal requirement that states offer 12 months of continuous Medicaid coverage for kids will cost Wisconsin $26.6 million in state money over the current biennium, the Department of Health Services said Friday.  Read More

Wisconsin’s Medicaid rolls dropped by more than 20,000 people between December and January, according to recent state data.  Read More