CMS gave the green light to Wisconsin's latest Medicaid overhaul, which will lead to roughly 17,000 low-income Wisconsinites losing health coverage, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
Gov. Scott Walker and his administration's initial plan would have cut off 65,000 from BadgerCare. Officials were not able to determine how much money the state would save in the final plan, which will go into effect in July.
Currently, Wisconsin's Medicaid program affects one in five residents and faces a deficit of $128 million through June 2013. The overhaul will increase BadgerCare Plus premiums for families with incomes of $25,390 for a single parent with two children — or more than 1 1/3 of the federal poverty limit, and those premiums will be between 3 and 9.5 percent of household income. For example, a single parent with two children making over that threshold will see annual premiums rise from $120 per year to more than $1,000 per year.
Gov. Scott Walker and his administration's initial plan would have cut off 65,000 from BadgerCare. Officials were not able to determine how much money the state would save in the final plan, which will go into effect in July.
Currently, Wisconsin's Medicaid program affects one in five residents and faces a deficit of $128 million through June 2013. The overhaul will increase BadgerCare Plus premiums for families with incomes of $25,390 for a single parent with two children — or more than 1 1/3 of the federal poverty limit, and those premiums will be between 3 and 9.5 percent of household income. For example, a single parent with two children making over that threshold will see annual premiums rise from $120 per year to more than $1,000 per year.
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