Medicaid

Evers signed a new two-year budget Thursday to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under Trump's tax and spending cuts package.

Felicia Clayborne is a mover and a shaker. She also navigates the world with multiple disabilities, receiving care and support through Medicaid. Kathryn Florence Burish also receives Medicaid coverage and long-term care for her Down Syndrome. Both women weigh in on attempts to cut funding to the federal program that serves low-income Americans and individuals with disabilities.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.

Rejecting expansion means Wisconsin will miss out on a one-time bonus of $1 billion in federal money provided under the federal coronavirus relief bill.

Gov. Tony Evers has called a special session for the Legislature to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin, a move Republicans have rejected for years.

Voters will have a say in November on whether the state should accept federal dollars for Badger Care.A referendum on the ballot will ask voters whether…

The Affordable Care Act requires people to be enrolled in a qualified health insurance plan by March 31 or face a penalty.In Wisconsin, the deadline is…

A Democratic state representative raised eyebrows Tuesday, when she suggested counties go it alone, when it comes to expanding Medicaid.Earlier this year,…

The Legislature’s budget committee has voted to delay Medicaid changes in Wisconsin for three months.Under Gov. Walker’s original plan, 83,000 poor,…

Wisconsin lawmakers will convene in a special session Monday to consider putting state Medicaid reform on a three-month delay.Gov. Walker is one of 25…