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Washington, DC— Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) responded to Governor Scott Walker’s call for a special legislative session to delay moving people from BadgerCare into the Health Insurance Marketplaces for three months.

 

Governor Scott Walker also called for a three-month delay in changes to the state’s high-risk sharing plan. 

 

“I have been concerned all along about the potential ramifications of Governor Walker’s decision to cut off BadgerCare access for 77,000 individuals and families—and the state’s long, convoluted timeline for outreach to those losing their coverage. Now that the federal system is not running smoothly, I have become even more alarmed about the Governor’s treatment of BadgerCare recipients. I am relieved that these individuals will have more time to enroll, but extremely disappointed that they will be kicked off BadgerCare in the first place. There was no need to have jeopardized health care coverage for this population at all. 

 

“The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has been rocky nationwide, but in Wisconsin the problems were exacerbated by our governor’s decisions not to operate a state-run exchange, not to cooperate with the set-up of the federal Marketplace and not to accept federal support for BadgerCare expansion. My urgent request is that the legislature do all it can to look out for the best interests of all Wisconsinites, including BadgerCare beneficiaries, and enact these two changes as soon as possible. 

 

“I supported the Affordable Care Act, but I also know that we must fix what is not working. I look forward to working with both the Obama administration and Governor Walker to ensure that the law works well for the people of Wisconsin.”  

 

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