Wisconsin loses $206 million by not fully expanding BadgerCare >$500 million over 31/2 ye
I have met Sen. Shilling--she is one smart cookie and will be a valuable ally to our next Gov (Mary Burke of course
"The report was released Tuesday to Sen. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse), who requested it. She distributed it to news outlets on Friday on the condition that they not report on it until Sunday."
Wisconsin loses $206 million by not fully expanding BadgerCare
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-loses-206-million-by-not-fully-expanding-badgercare-b99331674z1-271552321.html
By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 17, 2014
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Madison — Wisconsin taxpayers would have saved $206 million over two years — 73% more than previously estimated — if officials had fully expanded its main health care program for the poor under the federal Affordable Care Act, a new nonpartisan report shows.
If officials decide to change course and expand the program in the next state budget, state taxpayers would save another $261 million to $315 million through June 2017, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The bureau serves the Legislature and is widely respected by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
In all, the state could have saved more than $500 million over 31/2 years, the report shows. That would have allowed Gov. Scott Walker and legislators to put more money toward schools or roads or cut taxes more deeply than they did over the last year...............
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only does what his corporate masters tell him to do. 
I long for the day to be "scott-free"
