County Leaders Point To Alternative Means Of Covering Citizens

Citizen Action of Wisconsin and 20 county leaders from around Wisconsin released a letter this morning calling on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to follow the example of Ohio, and serve as a pass through for enhanced federal Medicaid funds for counties that want the extra funds. La Crosse County Supervisor, Monica Kruse.

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DHS is currently accepting public comment for a demonstration project waiver request to change BadgerCare as part of the state budget, which temporarily rejected federal Medicaid funds which would have strengthened BadgerCare.