By Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, The Journal Sentinel
Madison — Nearly 150,000 needy adults without children might have to pay premiums for (Wisconsin) state health coverage — with even higher payments possible for risk-takers such as smokers, under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget.
If President Barack Obama’s administration agrees, the state could charge the lowest-income BadgerCare Plus recipients basic premiums as well as higher charges for undisclosed risky behaviors that might range from smoking to obesity. The proposed changes were detailed Thursday in a massive analysis of Walker’s budget bill released by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Walker’s measure also seeks a federal approval known… (Read More)