Max Glass-Lee is an energetic 14-year-old who romps through the modest home on Madison’s West Side where he lives with his mother. Born with Down syndrome and diagnosed as autistic, Max can read words and understand what’s spoken to him,
A Wisconsin women suffering from stage four breast cancer will be among those watching the President’s speech tonight in the nation’s capital.
Marilyn Holbus stood outside Congressman Bryan Steil’s Racine office on March 3, gripping a handwritten letter. Her 70-year-old brother, David Kemen, has a developmental disability and relies on Medicaid for assisted living,
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As a disabled person who now relies on HCBS to remain in my community, the shadow of the nursing home looms in the face of Medicaid cuts. I know I am not alone in this fear, as disabled people have both presently and historically fought for many years to live integrated into our community.
UW Health and Anthem remain in negotiations and say they want to reach an agreement before an April 15 deadline.
A new report argues that while Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin could have short-term financial advantages, the expansion will be costly to those living in the state and not worth it long term. States that have expanded Medicaid have higher costs for those who are privately insured,
Wisconsin’s top Republicans and a conservative policy group argue efforts by Congress to cut federal spending makes adopting Medicaid expansion a “costly gamble” for the state. Medicaid is a public health insurance program for people with low incomes ...
Republican lawmakers in Congress are eyeing potential cuts to Medicaid as a way to pay for tax cuts and other priorities of President Donald Trump.
More than 50 people delivered letters to U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil's Racine office on Monday, asking him not to support cuts to Medicaid.
After Congress passed a proposed budget resolution Tuesday that could potentially cut billions of dollars in Medicaid, one Wisconsin mom is concerned for the future of her child. Her daughter, 7-year-old Greta Cornue, was diagnosed with a severe form of non-verbal autism when she was 3 years old.
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they eye the health care program for lower-income Americans as a source for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to pay for tax cuts.