Department Provides Update Regarding Operationalization of Governor Walker's Entitlement Reforms

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Kitty Rhoades today provided an update regarding BadgerCare Plus enrollment for newly eligible childless adults and a data match that the Department completed with data received from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As of June 30, 2014, 97,509 more Wisconsinites living in poverty now have health care coverage through BadgerCare Plus due to Governor Scott Walker’s entitlement reforms because all eligible adults living in poverty now have equal access to the same level of health care benefits through BadgerCare Plus.

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Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - July 16, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news