Category: State budget

Healthcare providers, long-term care facilities and insurers praised the state’s 2021-23 budget for its investments, after Gov. Tony Evers signed it into law last week. Read More

The state’s proposed 2021-23 budget is headed to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk for his consideration, after the Senate signed off on the two-year spending plan Wednesday night.  Read More

The Wisconsin Assembly approved the state’s next two-year spending plan Tuesday night. Read More

The Joint Finance Committee finished up its work on the state’s 2021-23 budget last week. Read More

Republicans on the budget-writing committee approved a motion Tuesday night that would put hundreds of millions of state dollars into Medicaid over the next biennium, including investments in the long-term care industry, hospitals and a series of healthcare providers.

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The Joint Finance Committee is set to focus on healthcare issues Tuesday as it aims to finish up its work on the state’s 2021-23 budget this week.  Read More

Republican lawmakers on the budget committee signed off on a measure that would fund mental health facilities in Wausau and western Wisconsin in the state’s next biennial budget.   Read More

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee approved a plan Wednesday that would add more staff at the Department of Safety and Professional Services to help with processing healthcare licenses and boost funding for technical changes to a state program tracking addictive prescription drugs.  Read More