Scott Walker: Budget returns Medicaid to 'intended purpose as a safety net'

Medicaid would return to its “intended purpose as a safety net for the neediest” by shifting some people off the program, adding others and refusing the full expansion allowed under federal law, according to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget for 2013-15. The budget would also boost spending for mental health, rural health, nursing homes and a statewide medical imaging project at UW-Madison. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/21)