- Doyle proposes BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan to help uninsured, By Jason Stein, January 21, 2010, Wisconsin State Journal: “With federal health care reform hitting obstacles, Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday proposed a stripped-down health plan to cover tens of thousands of financially struggling state residents. But a Republican lawmaker immediately attacked the proposal aimed at 21,000 childless adults, saying the state was backing into a government-run health plan similar to the controversial public option being debated at the federal level. The proposed BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan would serve as a stopgap for qualifying childless adults in the state on a waiting list to enroll in the state’s swamped Core Plan, Doyle said. The new plan would be funded by a $130 monthly premium paid by participants, not taxpayers, the Democratic governor said. It will require lawmakers’ approval but could be up and running by April…”
- Experts express doubts about BadgerCare Basic health insurance proposal, By Jake Miller, January 22, 2010, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune: “Some health care directors who work with low-income patients are skeptical of whether the state’s proposed new health insurance program is affordable for the people it targets. The new BadgerCare Basic plan that Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled Thursday is expected to cost nearly $1,600 a year, or $130 a month. It’s targeted at the nearly 21,000 poor, childless adults who are currently on a waiting list for the popular BadgerCare Core plan…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty