Wisconsin: Lawmakers OK changes that could drop 65,000 from Medicaid (mostly children)

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/medicaid-changes-would-drop-65000-state-residents-rm3068b-133614438.html



Relax, the tax breaks for wealthy investors in London and Hong Kong are still safe.

Walker administration proposal still must win federal approval by end of year


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Madison - The Legislature's nonpartisan budget office projects 65,000 people - nearly half of them children - would leave or be turned away from the state's health programs for the poor, under a proposal passed by lawmakers Thursday.

The Joint Finance Committee approved 11-4 a proposal by GOP Gov. Scott Walker's administration to help bridge a more than half-billion-dollar budget gap in the rapidly growing health plans. All Republicans voted in favor and all Democrats against.

The proposal doesn't need any further approval from state lawmakers but must still win federal approval from President Barack Obama's administration by the end of the year - a significant hurdle.

Advocates said they were concerned about the impact of the changes, particularly on the participants who will end up leaving the program because they lose their eligibility or because they can't or won't make the higher premium payments. "Most of them will probably end up uninsured and will no longer have access to preventive health care when they need it," Jon Peacock, research director for the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, said.

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Republican battle cry: "To hell with women and children. There are corporate profits at stake."

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