Insurance program expanded to childless WI adults

More than 81,000 low-income, childless adults in Wisconsin will begin receiving medical insurance through an expanded government funded children's insurance program, according to Modern Healthcare. Adults ages 19 to 64 who earn no more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level and that have not had any other health insurance for 12 months prior are eligible for the program, an expansion of BadgerCare Plus. A waiver on Medicaid coverage that initially would have gone toward uncompensated care at hospitals is expected to pump money into the new venture. It remains to be seen, however, if the state will be on the hook for continuing to fund this program, and if so, where they would get the money. At least 40,000 out the 81,000 eligible adults are expected to enroll, state officials believe.

For more:
- read this Modern Healthcare article (reg. req.)

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