State Budget - Health Care

Family Care Expansion: The Governor recommends increasing funding to expand the Family Care program beyond its current scope by increasing the number of aging and disability resource centers (ADRCs) and care management organizations (CMOs) in the state. The Governor proposes funding for additional ADRCs so that the percentage of state residents who have access would increase from 40% to 75% by the end of the biennium. Additional funding for CMOs is projected to increase FamilyCare enrollees from 10,300 to 27,200 over the two-year period.

Medicaid Expansion for Childless Adults: The Governor recommends expanding Medicaid coverage to childless adults who are otherwise ineligible for the program, as allowed by new federal laws and policies.

BadgerCare: The Governor recommends expanding the BadgerCare program to make coverage available to all Wisconsin children.

Health Care Trust Fund: The Governor recommends creating a health care quality trust fund with revenues from tobacco tax increases, hospital assessments, interest income from the permanent endowment fund and a one-time transfer of $175 million from the injured patients and families compensation fund. The health care quality trust fund will assist in funding a variety of health care quality improvement activities, including E-Health activities, hospital provider rate increases, noninstitutional provider rate increases, tobacco control activities, BadgerCare Plus expansion for childless adults and other Medicaid costs.

Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Increase: The Governor recommends increasing the tax on cigarettes by $1.25 per pack and increasing the tax on tobacco products by 40.6 percentage points to fund smoking cessation programs and health care initiatives.

Managed Care Pilots for Children’s Long-Term Care: The Governor recommends providing funding to support activities to develop managed long-term care pilot programs serving children with disabilities.

Community Aids: The Governor approved the DHFS recommendation to increase funding for community aids at $135,500 in each budget year. Essentially, Community Aids is receiving flat funding and will maintain the base 2006 level of funding.

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