Meet the New Kids Forward
Kids Forward Executive Director Ken Taylor delivered the following remarks at our rebranding launch event, A New Name, A New Look, A Renewed Mission, on July 11, 2017. “One of the keys to our...
View ArticleExtension of Children’s Health Law Offers Opportunity for Bipartisanship
Failure to Renew the CHIP Law Would Show Congress Is Dysfunctional Can Congress reach a bipartisan agreement on a health care bill? I think it can and absolutely should, and renewal of the very...
View ArticleTrump Budget Forces States to Plan for Community Mental Health Cuts
While the debate around the fate of the Affordable Care Act has dominated the news over the past few months, other threats to health care have been brewing. In Wisconsin, advocates, providers,...
View ArticleTrump Continues Sabotaging the Most Centrist Part of the ACA
Since Congress failed to pass a bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republican lawmakers have been in a quandary. Because they have been predicting for so long that the ACA was...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Must Choose between a Bipartisan Path Forward or...
The Senate has only a few working days to decide what it is going to prioritize. It can focus on renewing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and stabilizing individual health insurance...
View ArticleExpiring Programs Could Damage Health Care System and State Budget
Congress failed last week to extend funding for several important health care programs that enjoy broad public support. By not acting on the following three programs, Republican leaders have put the...
View ArticleDespite Trump Administration Actions Creating Turmoil, Affordable Care Act...
The Trump administration has taken numerous steps to hinder the Affordable Care Act and could eventually cause many state insurance marketplaces to collapse, but the majority of Wisconsinites who get...
View ArticleTrump Doubles Down on ACA Sabotage
The Republican controlled congress has tried and failed multiple times to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration continues its sabotage efforts and attempts to...
View ArticleCongress Should Set Aside Its Differences and Work Together to Protect Health...
It has been nearly two months since Congress failed to renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funding for program expired on September 30 of this year. If Congress does not...
View ArticleEvaluating Wisconsin’s 4-year BadgerCare Experiment
The Partial Expansion Costs More and Accomplishes Less than a Full Medicaid Expansion
View ArticleJust Five Days Left to Enroll in Health Coverage for 2018
Friday December 15 is the last day that people can sign up for health insurance for 2018 under the Affordable Care Act. After the 15th there will not be another opportunity to enroll in health...
View ArticleCongress Shouldn’t Put Tax Cuts for the Rich Ahead of Health Care for Kids
Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired nearly three months ago, and Congress still has not passed legislation renewing the program. CHIP supports health care for nearly 9...
View ArticleCongress is Out of Time and Excuses – They Must Renew Long-Term Funding for...
Today marks 100 days since Congress has failed to renew long-term funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Short-term fixes, like the one passed last month, won’t keep kids’ health...
View ArticleFunding the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 10 Years Would Help Fund...
Last week, Congress finally did its job and extended the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years. CHIP funds BadgerCare coverage for more than 100,000 Wisconsin children with working...
View ArticleWisconsin Health Insurance Eligibility Infographic
Below are infographics detailing how different groups are affected by the new health insurance landscape in Wisconsin, and which programs each group is eligible for by income. They have been updated...
View ArticleNew Poverty Guidelines Shed Light on Health Policy Debates
The new federal poverty guidelines, which were recently adjusted for inflation, are worth examining because they help illustrate the challenges faced by low-income working families. They show, for...
View ArticleEight Years of Progress Under the Affordable Care Act: We Can’t Go Back
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns eight tomorrow, Friday, March 23. Despite Republicans’ ongoing efforts to repeal, replace, or sabotage the ACA, the health reform law has some impressive...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Wisconsin Health Care Stability Plan
Following years of sabotage and hostility directed towards the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Governor Walker and the legislature pivoted to pass a $200 million reinsurance program, which is expected to...
View ArticleHealth Care: 2017-2018 Legislative Summary
The Wisconsin State Legislature considered a very wide range of bills relating to health care during the 2017-2018 legislative session. This overview summarizes a small but significant portion of that...
View Article2017-2018 Legislative Summaries
Wisconsin state lawmakers wrapped up the 2017-2018 legislative session in March. During the session they passed several bills affecting K-12 education, health care, taxes, and public assistance. To...
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