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JFC strips Medicaid expansion from Evers’ budget

by Sean Kirkby | May 10, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Republican lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to strip Medicaid expansion, as well as some other health-related measures, from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget.

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JFC scraps Medicaid expansion

by Sean Kirkby | May 9, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Republican lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to strip Medicaid expansion from the state’s budget.

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GOP lawmakers point to Utah and Arkansas for compromise on Medicaid. What do those programs look like?

by Sean Kirkby | May 3, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee said this week that they’ll strip Gov. Tony Evers’ plan for Medicaid expansion from the state budget. But some GOP legislators have signaled they may be open to compromise.

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Evers vows to ‘fight like hell’ for Medicaid expansion

by Sean Kirkby | May 3, 2019 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers promised to “fight like hell” for Medicaid expansion Thursday after Joint Finance Committee leaders said they would scrap the policy.

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GOP leaders set to scrap Medicaid expansion proposal

by Jack Kelly | May 2, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The leaders of the Joint Finance Committee plan to scrap Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to expand Medicaid, as well as a series of other healthcare proposals in his budget, according to a memo sent to committee members Wednesday.

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Evers taking wait-and-see approach to Medicaid compromise

by Sean Kirkby | May 1, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers said he’ll wait to see what Republican lawmakers offer in terms of a compromise on Medicaid expansion before he’ll offer to negotiate on it.

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Evers: Medicaid expansion is better than alternatives

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 26, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers is open to discussing alternatives to Medicaid expansion. He’s just not sure a better one is out there.

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Judge expands injunction in transgender healthcare case

by Jack Kelly | Apr 25, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

A federal judge recently blocked a state policy barring Medicaid members from receiving gender-confirming surgery and turned a legal challenge against the rule into a class action lawsuit.

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BadgerCare Plus enrollment continues slow growth

by Jack Kelly | Apr 23, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The number of childless adults in BadgerCare Plus continued to inch upward in March, according to data released by the Department of Health Services.

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Palm makes case for Medicaid expansion

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 19, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm says Gov. Tony Evers' administration is committed to expanding Medicaid, even as Republican lawmakers express skepticism and opposition to the plan.

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Report: Medicaid expansion could save more than $100 million a year

by Jack Kelly | Apr 18, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Expanding Medicaid could save more than $100 million a year in Wisconsin by cutting uncompensated care costs, according to a new report from University of Wisconsin researchers that disputes the findings of one of their colleagues.

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Palm: Medicaid work requirements moving forward, but should be axed

by Jack Kelly | Apr 16, 2019 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The head of the Department of Health Services said Monday that she thinks Wisconsin’s Medicaid work requirements could survive a court challenge, despite a federal court moving last month to block other states’ work programs.

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