Medicaid/Medicare Archives - Wisconsin Health News

States should prepare for federal action on Medicaid, says past Wisconsin Medicaid director

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 8, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

States should be preparing for potential Medicaid changes — like enhanced eligibility checks, work requirements and changes to provider taxes — as federal lawmakers look for savings, a former Wisconsin Medicaid director said Friday.

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Caregivers, providers urge legislators to protect Medicaid

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 7, 2025 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Medicaid caregivers, providers and members urged state legislators to protect the safety-net program at a Friday public hearing in West Allis on the state’s next biennial budget, as federal lawmakers consider potential cuts.

Medicaid projected to finish biennium with ‘very small’ surplus

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 1, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

The state’s Medicaid program is expected to finish the biennium more or less on budget, according to a Monday report.

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KFF: Federal Medicaid cuts would leave states with ‘tough choices’

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 27, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Federal Medicaid spending cuts could leave states with “tough choices,” according to a KFF report released this week. The brief explores how cuts under consideration by Congress compare to states’ tax revenues, education spending and number of Medicaid enrollees.

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Wisconsin would take economic hit, if Medicaid funding gets cut

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 25, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin would take an economic hit if federal lawmakers cut Medicaid funding, according to a report released Tuesday.

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BadgerCare Plus enrollment falls

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 18, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

BadgerCare Plus enrollment fell in February for the second month in a row.

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Wisconsin Medicaid Coalition forms to protect program

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 7, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A report from the budget scorekeeper for Congress confirms that a House committee cannot reach its spending reduction goal without “deep cuts” to Medicaid, a state coalition formed in recent months to protect the program said Thursday.

Sen. Ron Johnson criticizes Medicaid expansion

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 7, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Thursday he does not want to cut “true Medicaid," criticizing the expansion of the program through the Affordable Care Act.

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Evers urges GOP congressional members to reject potential Medicaid cuts

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 6, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers this week urged Wisconsin’s Republican congressional members to “stand up” for Wisconsinites who depend on federal programs and push against potential Medicaid cuts.

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Public divided over COVID-19 closures, poll finds

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 6, 2025 | Abortion, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsinites are more divided than ever on whether closing schools and businesses was appropriate, according to the results of a Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.

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Evers: Cutting Medicaid is ‘bullshit’

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 5, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers had harsh words Tuesday in response to federal lawmakers potentially targeting Medicaid for cuts.

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Vos: Lawmakers not preparing for potential Medicaid spending cuts

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 27, 2025 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday that legislators are not bracing for potential federal reductions in Medicaid spending, following House passage of a bill that directs the committee overseeing the program to find savings.

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