Wisconsin Democrats try again for Medicaid expansion
Sen.
"What we are doing here today is helping real people ... and not making them choose between school supplies and insulin," Erpenbach said in a statement.
Under the plan, eligibility for the state-federal health program would increase from 100% of the poverty level to 133%. The federal government would pay at least 90% of the cost, up from its regular 60% share for most people on Medicaid.
Taking Medicaid expansion in 2014 would have saved the state
About half of the 82,000 people who would newly qualify are uninsured, and the other half have insurance through subsidized plans sold through the ACA marketplace, according to Evers' administration. The expansion would have saved
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Assembly Speaker
It is the only one of those states that has no gap in coverage for people with low incomes.
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