BadgerCare
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BadgerCare is a health-care cost-reimbursement program created by former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson
. It went into effect July 1, 1999, and was created to provide health-care coverage to Wisconsinites whose employers didn't provide it and who made too much money to be covered by Medicaid
.
BadgerCare was targeted to cover at least 40,000 Wisconsinites, including 23,000 children, by the end of 1999.http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/badgercare/pdfs/adminrule.pdf
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, families qualify for BadgerCare if they make up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level, but not low enough to qualify for federal Medical Assistance.
The program was altered in 2008 to Badgercare+ A program that greatly expands the original scope of coverage. It is designed so that a great many, if not all, of the children have access to healthcare. It has also been approved to expand to cover childless adults with hopes of expanding to that level of coverage sometime in 2009.
Chris Abele
, Chief Executive of Milwaukee County proposes a plan like the original plan Governor Thompson enacted in 1999. It would pool Milwaukee County's health care coverage with the states, in order to provide a larger pool and thus the ability to demand a better price from the insurance companies.
Abele also suggests the state to offer more aid to local governments that also join this pool, thereby increasing the purchase power even more.
http://milwaukeecountyfirst.com/?p=2396 That idea is similar to programs in place in Washington http://www.ghc.org/about_gh/index.jhtml and Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/action-plan and one planned for Connecticut. http://www.ct.gov/SustiNet
Tommy Thompson
Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...
. It went into effect July 1, 1999, and was created to provide health-care coverage to Wisconsinites whose employers didn't provide it and who made too much money to be covered by Medicaid
Medicaid
Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...
.
BadgerCare was targeted to cover at least 40,000 Wisconsinites, including 23,000 children, by the end of 1999.http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/badgercare/pdfs/adminrule.pdf
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, families qualify for BadgerCare if they make up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level, but not low enough to qualify for federal Medical Assistance.
The program was altered in 2008 to Badgercare+ A program that greatly expands the original scope of coverage. It is designed so that a great many, if not all, of the children have access to healthcare. It has also been approved to expand to cover childless adults with hopes of expanding to that level of coverage sometime in 2009.
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
Christopher Seton Abele is the current Milwaukee County Executive, an American business owner and philanthropist and president of the Milwaukee based Argosy Foundation. On December 15, 2010, media reports began to emerge of Abele's intentions to run for the County Executive seat in Milwaukee County...
, Chief Executive of Milwaukee County proposes a plan like the original plan Governor Thompson enacted in 1999. It would pool Milwaukee County's health care coverage with the states, in order to provide a larger pool and thus the ability to demand a better price from the insurance companies.
Abele also suggests the state to offer more aid to local governments that also join this pool, thereby increasing the purchase power even more.
http://milwaukeecountyfirst.com/?p=2396 That idea is similar to programs in place in Washington http://www.ghc.org/about_gh/index.jhtml and Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/action-plan and one planned for Connecticut. http://www.ct.gov/SustiNet