WI remains one of only 12 states to not expand Medicaid-BLOCKED BY gerrymandered WI #REPUGS.........
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Staking a Position for 2022 Elections, Democrats Propose a Public Option to Provide Health Insurance for Small-Biz Workers
With the Wisconsin Legislature wrapping up its 2022 session, bills being introduced now are designed less for actual passage and more to stake out a position with November voters—showing them what could be proposed next year, depending on election results. For legislative Democrats, one of those positions is that small-business workers and lower-income childless adults should not go with poor or no health insurance coverage.
Wisconsin would establish an online public marketplace for health insurance—as authorized in 2010’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) for groups of 50 or fewer employees—and expand eligibility for BadgerCare, or Medicaid, under a proposal unveiled Monday by Democratic lawmakers.
The plan calls for a state-based online public marketplace for insurance coverage to be created, as authorized in 2010’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), for groups of 50 employees or less. It would also provide childless adults with the option of a basic health insurance plan through BadgerCare—the state’s name for Medicaid—if their income is between 133% and 200% of the federal poverty line.
Wisconsin remains one of only 12 states to not expand Medicaid coverage to people making up to 138% of the federal poverty line, or less than $19,000 per year. That provision of the ACA has been blocked for a decade while Republicans control the Assembly and state Senate.
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