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SEP enrollment: Wisconsin lower activity, performing more like Medicaid expansion states

Posted on April 8, 2021

Originally published April 8, 2021. Updated with data through June on July 19, 2021.  CMS data tracking the ACA Special Enrollment Period (SEP) show that Medicaid non-expansion states generally are having higher levels of SEP …

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American Rescue Plan: Major Health Insurance Coverage Provisions

Posted on March 11, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, enacting within it major provisions to expand access to health insurance coverage.   Eliminates ACA insurance premiums for individuals up to 150% …

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Medicaid expansion’s effect on private insurance costs in Wisconsin: New studies

Posted on June 25, 2019

The debate continues about the how a potential Medicaid expansion might affect costs in the private insurance market in Wisconsin.  Competing studies seem to show opposite results, which makes it hard to know what to …

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Wisconsin Medicaid Expansion: Other observations on the WILL/CROWE report

Posted on February 22, 2019

by Donna Friedsam Below are the less formal, initial comments, drafted by Donna Friedsam alone, about the CROWE study released Tuesday pertaining to the potential impact of Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin. As well, here is …

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, Medicaid

The fiscal effects of a Wisconsin Medicaid expansion: Reasons to question the WILL/CROWE report’s conclusions

Posted on February 22, 2019

by Laura Dague, PhD, Brendan Saloner, PhD, Marguerite Burns, PhD, Donna Friedsam, MPH A new report released by the UW Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE) and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & …

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, Medicaid

Health Affairs: Does The Rural-Urban Frame Help Explain Health Status?

Posted on April 30, 2018

Donna Friedsam, Health Policy Programs Director at the UW Population Health Institute writes in Health Affairs blog: A misplaced focus on the rural-urban divide overlooks the shared experience between those who suffer poor health and …

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How are Local Groups Sharing What they Know in the Fox Valley?

Posted on October 17, 2017

In September, the Evidence-Based Health Policy Project (EBHPP) held a program, co-hosted by state Representatives Dave Murphy, Mike Rohrkaste, and Amanda Stuck, that asked six groups working in different health areas in the Fox Valley …

Posted in EBHPP, Local Issues

New Census Data: Uninsured Rates in Wisconsin

Posted on September 13, 2017

This week, the US Census released 2016 data about the uninsured. It shows that, since 2013 (pre-Obamacare) to 2016, the number of uninsured people in Wisconsin has decreased by 218,000. The rate of uninsured has …

Posted in Insurance Coverage

Health Care Quality & Disparities: Signs of Improvement

Posted on August 31, 2017

by Donna Friedsam Wisconsin hospitals have again performed very well on measures of health care quality compared to the average of all States nationally. The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in August …

Posted in Health Care Quality, Health Disparities

More ACA/Obamacare updates

Posted on August 24, 2017

As noted in the previous blog post, updates continue to emerge about the counties where insurance carriers will offer ACA plans.  CMS has published an updated map, as of August 23, 2017 showing only a …

Posted in Affordable Care Act
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  • American Rescue Plan: Major Health Insurance Coverage Provisions
  • Medicaid expansion’s effect on private insurance costs in Wisconsin: New studies
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Expansion: Other observations on the WILL/CROWE report
  • The fiscal effects of a Wisconsin Medicaid expansion: Reasons to question the WILL/CROWE report’s conclusions

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