Citizen Action Reacts to Removal of BadgerCare Expansion from Legislative Republican’s State Budget; Calls on Governor Tony Evers to Use Veto Powers to Leverage BadgerCare Expansion
Despite overwhelming public testimony supporting expanding BadgerCare during the public hearing process, the Legislature’s GOP-controlled budget committee, the Joint Finance Committee, again turned its back on the health care needs of their constituents by removing it from the State Budget. Wisconsin is one of only 10 states which has failed to expand its state Medicaid program under the Affordable Care…