MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A group of nearly 150 healthcare workers from around the state are asking for the expansion of Medicaid.
Doctor Ann Helms, state lead for the Committee to Protect Healthcare, says by refusing to expand Medicaid, Wisconsinites are falling behind compared to other Americans in states as close as Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota.
“We urge our elected leaders to take action by expanding BadgerCare, our state’s Medicaid program to low-income Wisconsinites who earned 138% of the federal poverty level up from the current 100%. These are Wisconsinites who work hard, but don’t work enough to be able to afford premiums and out of pocket costs that keep going up.”
Governor Tony Evers has proposed expanding BadgerCare in his state budgets. That’s been consistently opposed by Republican legislators, and Wisconsin remains one of 10 states that have rejected federal funding to expand Medicaid.
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