Last updated 1/23/2012.
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Recently-revised projections show a lower-than-predicted estimate of Wisconsin's Medicaid shortfall. The Save BadgerCare Coalition has called on the Walker administration to take this revised information into account and reverse its plans for Medicaid cuts.
- Press Release 1/19/2012: Groups Urge Lawmakers to Preserve BadgerCare (.pdf)
- Sign the online petition: Save BadgerCare petition at Change.org
- Summary from the DAWN News Service regarding particular concerns in the proposal for people with disabilities.
- October 31 press release from the Save BadgerCare Coalition regarding the proposal and process.
- November 3 analysis of the proposal from the Wisconsin Council for Children & Families (Analyzing the Effects of the Proposed BadgerCare Changes: How Will the DHS Proposals Affect Health Care for Children?)
- Overview of potential consequences of the DHS proposal from the Save BadgerCare Coalition (.pdf)
- Fact sheet from Save BadgerCare Coalition (.pdf)
- Position statement on the DHS proposal from the Survival Coalition of Disability Organizations (.pdf)
- Four of the DHS proposals of particular concern to people with disabilities from the DAWN News Service
- Blog post from Wisconsin Council on Children and Families: What's the Process for Implementing $554 Million of Medicaid Cuts?
The 2011/2013 biennial budget bill was passed in June 2011. The Wisconsin State Journal summarized the Medicaid-related cuts:
"The budget takes some $500 million from Medicaid programs, and places an enrollment cap on Family Care, a program aimed at keeping poor, elderly people out of nursing homes. It also eliminates state funding to nine Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin health centers."
The WI Department of Health Services was also granted new powers to make those $500 million cuts (which will also result in at least an equal loss in federal dollars).
Table of Contents:Elvis Sightings Posts
Flyers, Factsheets, Documents
Sites for Activism & Alerts
From the WI Department of Health Services
Potential National-Level Implications
Elvis Sightings Posts
Freezing the Future (6/1/2011)
Autism Insurance = Medicaid Savings: Pass It On! (4/25/2011)
Denials and Affirmations (Act 10) (4/2/2011)
Medicaid and What Passed the WI Senate Last Night (3/10/2011)
Hostage-Taking (2/25/2011)
New Resource on Medicaid in the 2011 WI Budget (2/24/2011)
Praying With Our Feet -- And Our Magic Markers (2/22/2011)
Medicaid in Wisconsin: What's At Stake? How Can I Help? (2/21/2011)
Gathering in Support of WI Medicaid, with a Link Roundup (2/19/2011)
In the Capitol Rotunda. With a Bullhorn. (2/18/2011)
Budget Repair and "The Waiver" (specific to autism - 2/17/2011)
Wisconsin Attack on Medical Assistance (and Democracy) (2/16/2011)
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Flyers, Factsheets, Documents
Budget Papers from the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations -- These excellent papers include multiple budget issues, including Medicaid.
Survival Coalition Ideas for the DHS Town Hall Meetings (3 pages, .pdf) -- the DHS Town Hall meetings are framed to solicit input on Medicaid cost savings. This document gives ideas for cost-oriented input that would be beneficial to people with disabilities.
1-page Flyer from Medicaid Matters Alliance (.pdf)
3-page Medicaid Matters Factsheet (.pdf)
1-page Save BadgerCare Factsheet (.pdf)
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Sites for Activism & Alerts
Save BadgerCare Coalition Web Page
Save BadgerCare Coalition Facebook Page
Medicaid Matters Alliance Google-Group
Medicaid Matters Online Petition
Disability Action Wisconsin Network (DAWN) Alerts
Disability Rights Wisconsin
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From the WI Department of Health Services
Town Hall meeting on Medicaid cuts! Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M Goodman Community Center, Evjue Community Room D 149 Waubesa Street, Madison, WI 53704
Proposed cuts as presented on the WI DHS web site (online feedback requested)
BadgerCare Basic Enrollment Frozen (3/18/2011)
Medicaid By the Numbers, by WI DHS Secretary Dennis Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/15/2011)
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Potential National-Level Implications
State GOP health bills mirror model ALEC legislation
The State Legislator's Guide to Repealing Obamacare (.pdf, 437K) -- this guide comes from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which works on templating conservative legislation to be introduced at the state level. Summary of the points can be found separately here.
Wisconsin health care fight shows challenges as states change leadership (Washington Post, 3/18/2011) Wisconsin Union Battle Masks Medicaid Tensions (Kaiser Health News, 2/25/2011)
Medicaid Meltdown: Dropping Medicaid Could Save States $1 Trillion (Sec. Dennis Smith, Secretary of WI Department of Health Services; formerly of The Heritage Foundation -- December 2009)
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