The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee voted Tuesday to stand by its decision to reject Gov. Tony Evers' plan to accept federal money for Medicaid, turning down more than $1 billion from the federal government and $324 million wort of state savings.

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Gov. Tony Evers is announcing a new partnership between state agencies to enroll more people in health insurance.

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Republican lawmakers say a new study bolsters their position against Wisconsin accepting an expansion of the federal Medicaid program.

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Gov. Tony Evers, in his first State of the State speech Tuesday, called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to scale back a corporate-tax credit to pay for reducing income taxes, make sacrifices to find a bipartisan transportation plan and work together to bolster spending for schools.

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Gov. Tony Evers signed a pair of executive orders Tuesday designed to fulfill his campaign pledge to enable more people to take advantage of health care and insurance.

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Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he will tour the state to make a pitch for expanding Medicaid health coverage in Wisconsin under his first budget plan.

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President Donald Trump's administration has rejected Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require drug screening and testing for adults on Medicaid with no dependent children.

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Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said Thursday it will allow states to require "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program's half-century history.

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A new report says the federal health care law could spell additional tax penalties for Wisconsin businesses with a large number of low-income employees.

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By Matt Pommer The new budget gives Gov. Scott Walker’s administration the power to make sweeping changes in Medicaid and BadgerCare policies with minimal public or legislative input. Up to $500 million in Medicaid spending would be reduced, but how ...

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