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Recent Save BadgerCare Coalition News Releases

Save BadgerCare Coalition Praises BadgerCare Protection Act (Feb. 28, 2012)
Groups Urge Lawmakers to Preserve BadgerCare (Jan. 19, 2012)
Statements Regarding Performance Bonus to Wisconsin for Covering Uninsured Kids (Dec. 28, 2011)
Wisconsin Speaks Out Against Drastic Cuts and Changes to BadgerCare (Dec. 13, 2011)
50 Wisconsin Groups Unite to Call Upon Federal Government to Reject DHS Waiver (Dec. 1, 2011)
Working Families Speak Out as Joint Finance Discusses Kicking Thousands off BadgerCare (Nov. 10, 2011)
Press Event to Save Health Care Access and Raise the Voices of Working Families at Risk of Being Kicked Off BadgerCare and Medicaid (Nov. 9, 2011)
DHS Rushes Process to Take Away Health Care Coverage from Working Families (Oct. 31, 2011)
DHS Rushes Process to Take Away Health Care Coverage from Working Families (Oct. 21 2011)
DHS Proposed Changes to Medicaid Harmful to Working Families & State’s Economy (Oct. 10, 2011)
Coalition Urges Legislature to Restore Legislative Process and Accountability for BadgerCare Changes (Jun. 13, 2011)
Save BadgerCare Statement on Joint Finance Committee’s Medicaid Vote (May 25, 2011)
Memo to the Joint Finance Committee: Protect BadgerCare & Maintain Eligibility, Benefits and Affordability in Budget Process (May 23, 2011)
Save BadgerCare Coalition Statement on Medicaid Block Grant Proposal (Apr. 5, 2011)
Save BadgerCare Coalition Statement on Senate Republican Vote (Mar. 10, 2011)
Press Event to Support Wisconsin Medicaid and Raise the Voices of Working Families, Older Adults, Women, People with Disabilities and Others with a Stake in Wisconsin’s Health (Feb. 22, 2011)
Medicaid Matters Alliance and Save BadgerCare Coalition Hold Urgent Press Event to Highlight Dangerous Threats to Medicaid in Budget Repair Bill(Feb. 20, 2011)
Press Event to Support Wisconsin Medicaid and Raise the Voices of Working Families, Elders, People with Disabilities and Others with a Stake in Wisconsin’s Health (Feb. 18, 2011)
Legislature Should Reject Budget Repair Bill’s Unprecedented Seizure of Power Over BadgerCare Decisions (Feb. 15, 2011)
Coalition Urges Policymakers to Sustain Health Care for Working Families (Jan. 25, 2011)

Recent BadgerCare Press

National Groups Send Letter to CMS Opposing WI MOE Waiver (Jan. 26, 2012)
Delay in Medicaid changes approval may cut coverage for 53,000 (Wisconsin State Journal — Dec. 10, 2011)
Department's changes are fair, and it was time to make them (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Nov. 19, 2011)
DHS should go back to the drawing board on Medicaid (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Nov. 19, 2011)
Robert Kraig: Slashing BadgerCare a step backward for state (Capital Times - Nov. 13, 2011)
Cuts to Medicaid hurt the poor (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Nov. 12, 2011)
65,000 PEOPLE TO BE CUT FROM BADGERCARE UNDER WALKER PLAN (Wisconsin Public Radio — Nov. 11, 2011)
Budget panel OKs cuts, expected to force 64,000 off Medicaid (Madison.com — Nov. 11, 2011)
Capitol Report: State's Medicaid waiver could cause 65000 to lose benefits (Capital Times — Nov. 11, 2011)
Committee approves BadgerCare changes (Wisconsin Radio Network — Nov. 11, 2011)
Joint finance committee approves Medicaid cuts (WHBL Sheboygan — Nov. 11, 2011)
Rally decries BadgerCare cuts (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram — Nov. 11, 2011)
Lawmakers OK changes that could drop 65,000 from Medicaid (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Nov. 10, 2011)
Vos, Darling defend Medicaid changes (Wisconsin Radio Network — Nov. 10, 2011)
Walker Proposed Half A Billion In Cuts To Medicaid Programs (Channel3000.com — Nov. 10, 2011)
Wis. Republicans approve Medicaid cuts (Business Week — Nov. 10, 2011)
Wis. Republicans approve millions in Medicaid cuts (Madison.com — Nov. 10, 2011)
Walker adjusts plan to close $554 million gap in Medicaid programs (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Oct. 31, 2011)
Save BadgerCare Coalition: Letter to Sec. Smith requesting pubic hearings on Medicaid changes (WisPolitics.com — Oct. 7, 2011)
Smith addresses health care conference (Wisconsin Radio Network — Oct. 6, 2011)
Wis. gov: Medicaid cuts will preserve safety net (Associated Press — Oct. 5, 2011)
Long-term cost of cutting Medicaid too high to ignore (Badger Herald — Oct. 5, 2011)
BadgerCare or Obamacare: State Needs to Choose One (Caledonia Patch — Oct. 4, 2011)
BadgerCare Minus? (HealthWatch Wisconsin — Oct. 4, 2011)
Democratic proposal would put Legislature back in charge of changes to Medicaid (Wisconsin State Journal — Oct. 3, 2011)
Critics of Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Predict Dire Outcomes (WUWM News — Oct. 3, 2011)
Cuts to BadgerCare Plus ignore citizens in need (Badger Herald — Oct. 3, 2011)
State wants to shift some Medicaid recipients to lower-cost plans (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Sept. 30, 2011)
DHS calls for Medicaid reforms (Wisconsin Radio Network — Sept. 30, 2011)
Big Medicaid changes could affect 200,000 in state (Wisconsin State Journal — Sept. 30, 2011)
Wisconsin Health Secretary Outlines $500M in Medicaid Cuts (WUWM News — Sept. 30, 2011)
DHS Unveils New Webpage to Solicit Comments on Medicaid Cost-Cutting (Wisconsin Council on Children and Families — Sept. 27, 2011)
Priceless preemies, costly care (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Sept. 24, 2011)
State gets $9.2 million to help smokers quit (Capital Times — Sept. 21, 2011)
Health advocates push BadgerCare Plus program (WKOW — Sept. 12, 2011)
Medicaid Cuts Still In Limbo (WTAQ.com — Sept. 12, 2011)
Advocates wait for details on $500 million in Medicaid cuts (Wisconsin State Journal — Sept. 12, 2011)
DHS report to JFC (Wheeler Report — Sept. 11, 2011)
Video: Rep. Paul Ryan faces constituent questions at Rotary luncheon (Dane101.com — Sept. 6, 2011)
Medicaid transparency push riles state officials (The Hill — Sept. 5, 2011)
New OCI Exchange Stakeholder Workgroups Disproportionately Favor Insurers, Brokers, and Business Interests (rwwv.wordpress.com — Sept. 2, 2011)
Find Milwaukee dentists accepting BadgerCare Plus patients (JSOnline.com — Aug. 30, 2011)
Healthcare Reform Law to Benefit Uninsured and Unemployed Americans, Report Finds (Philanthropy News Digest — Aug. 25, 2011)
Decade saw leap in child poverty (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Aug. 20, 2011)
BadgerCare still open for children, familes, pregnant women (WTAQ.com — Aug. 19, 2011)
State-by-State Fact Sheets for Super-Committee Advocacy (NWLC.org — Aug. 19, 2011)
BadgerCare not done, advocates say (Leader Telegram — Aug. 11, 2011)
Making Medicaid As Easy As A Netflix Membership (KaiserHealthNews.org — Aug. 3, 2011)
31 Ways in 31 Days – Way #31 Some Other Things That Will Have a Significant Impact But Didn’t Quite Make the List
(Wisconsin Council on Children and Families — Aug. 1, 2011)
Second Harsdorf-Moore debate draws 300 people (Hudson Star-Observer — Jul. 28, 2011)
Letter: She tells what she wants, doesn’t want tax dollars spent for (Pierce County Herald — Jul. 27, 2011)
Van Hollen: In budget balancing, we must preserve Medicaid (Baltimore Sun — Jul. 25, 2011)
Why Defending Planned Parenthood Will Bankrupt America (The Faster Times — Jul. 14, 2011)
What can YOU do to keep Wisconsinites Insured and Healthy? (rwwv.wordpress.com — Jul. 14, 2011)
Leader Pelosi & House Democratic Women: No Benefit Cuts (DemocraticLeader.gov — Jul. 12, 2011)
Walker administration hazardous to health (Madison.com — Jul. 9, 2011)
First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor (New York Times — Jul. 7, 2011)
Wisconsin’s Controversial Budget Bill Makes Deep Cuts (The Epoch Times — Jul. 7, 2011)
A well-used but misleading Medicaid statistic (Washington Post — Jul. 5, 2011)
Medicaid Helps Uninsured Couple Pay for Medicaid (NPR.org — Jul. 5, 2011)
State blocks plans to apply for federal health grants (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jun. 29, 2011)
Walker issues 50 vetoes for new state budget (Associated Press — Jun. 26, 2011)
Letter: Protecting Medicaid (New York Times — Jun. 23, 2011)
$466 million in cuts could be coming to WI medical assistance programs (WEAU.com — Jun. 23, 2011)
4 Democratic lawmakers: How Walker budget will hurt our families (Capital Times — Jun. 22, 2011)
Gov. Scott Walker says he didn’t cut Medicaid, but instead added $1.2 billion (PolitiFact.com — Jun. 21, 2011)
John Nichols: Alberta Darling works with Ryan to cut Medicare (Capital Times — Jun. 19, 2011)
Budget bill gives Walker more power over Medicaid programs (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jun. 19, 2011)
Walker's Medicaid failures (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jun. 18, 2011)
Wisconsin’s most anti-woman budget (Wisconsin State Journal — Jun. 17, 2011)
Senate sends budget to Walker for signature, but effects already being felt (Wisconsin State Journal — Jun. 17, 2011)
Medicaid Works: A Review of How Public Insurance Protects the Health and Finances of Children and Other Vulnerable Populations(FirstFocus.net — Jun. 13, 2011)
BadgerCare is a lifeline for many (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — May 26, 2011)
Mark Women's Health Week, protect funding (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — May 9, 2011)
State health officials hear from both sides of Medicaid debate at public meetings (Wisconsin State Journal — Apr. 5, 2011)
Wisconsin's medical assistance faces uncertain future (Green Bay Press Gazette — Apr. 2, 2011)
Walker's health chief taking on shortfall (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Mar. 26, 2011)
Vital Signs: Secretary Smith vs. researcher Jon Peacock: why health plan for poor is failing (Capital Times — Mar. 24, 2011)
State Health head outlines possible changes to Medicaid programs (Wisconsin State Journal — Mar. 23, 2011)
Vital Signs: Amid proposed budget cuts, funerals for the poor get funding boost (Capital Times — Mar. 17, 2011)
State official wants to keep Medicaid drug coverage, shift patients to managed care (Wisconsin State Journal — Mar. 9, 2011)
Gov. Scott Walker seeks sweeping Medicaid powers in budget bill (Appleton Post Crescent — Feb. 28, 2011)
Vital Signs: Walker warns Medicaid payments to nursing homes could be delayed if bill not passed (Capital Times — Feb. 25, 2011)
Wisconsin Union Battle Masks Medicaid Tensions (Kaiser Health News — Feb. 25, 2011)
Walker's budget drops more than 60,000 from state-backed health care (Eau Claire Leader Telegram — Feb. 23, 2011)
Public Workers Aren't Walker's Only Target (New Republic — Feb. 22, 2011)
Badger Care threatened by Wisconsin governor’s budget bill (Uptake — Feb. 21, 2011)
Budget Repair Bill Includes Changes to Medicaid, BadgerCare (WBAY — Feb. 21, 2011)
Family Voices of Wisconsin’s Elizabeth Hecht and Barbara Katz: Medicaid changes in budget repair bill would harm thousands(Capital Times — Feb. 21, 2011)
Walker budget bill could harm many covered by Medicaid in state (Wisconsin State Journal — Feb. 21, 2011)
Medicaid looms as next big budget battle (Wisconsin State Journal — Feb. 20, 2011)
Questions raised over budget repair bill's Medicaid changes (WKOW — Feb. 20, 2011)
Why such little outcry over bill's impact on Medicaid programs? (Capital Times — Feb. 20, 2011)
Enough with trickery; just fix the problem (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Feb. 19, 2011)
Letters: Don't overlook BadgerCare changes in Walker's bill (Appleton Post Crescent — Feb. 19, 2011)
New coalition holds Sunday event to raise alarm about bill's impact on Medicaid programs (Capital Times — Feb. 19, 2011)
The budget showdown: Medical aid programs in jeopardy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Feb. 17, 2011)
Budget repair proposal would give Governor more power over health programs (Superior Telegram — Feb. 15, 2011)
Repair bill takes responsibility for health care away from legislature (Badger Herald — Feb. 15, 2011)
State attorney said Walker's Medicaid plan raised "potential constitutional issues" (Capital Times — Feb. 15, 2011)
Governor's Plans for Health Care Changes Receiving Attention (WUWM News — Feb. 14, 2011)
Health Care for None: Wisconsin’s Health Programs Under the Ax (Change.org — Feb. 14, 2011)
Budget repair bill gives Walker free hand to revamp, cut Medicaid programs (Capital Times — Feb. 14, 2011)
Walker budget proposal would impact how health care works in state (Wisconsin State Journal — Feb. 14, 2011)
Walker could reshape medical care (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Feb. 14, 2011)
Health care reform may save state money (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jan. 30, 2011)
Health care could take hit in budget (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jan. 29, 2011)
Editorial: Compassionate care (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jan. 28, 2011)
Medicaid solutions needed (Baraboo News Republic — Jan. 26, 2011)
Letter from Sen. Vinehout - Fixing Medicaid (Pierce County Herald — Jan. 19, 2011)
Editorial: A five-step plan to fix finances (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Jan. 15, 2011)
Wisconsin gets $23.1 million bonus for BadgerCare Plus enrollment (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Dec. 27, 2010)
In Wisconsin, political battle brewing over shaping health reform law (PBS NewsHour — Dec. 27, 2010)
Editorial: Take extra care with BadgerCare cuts (Racine Journal Times — Dec. 26, 2010)
Editorial—Rosemary Gall: Focus on health care delivery, transportation (Wisconsin State Journal — Dec. 19, 2010)