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Health Care Access and Affordability Should be Top Priority for Wisconsin Lawmakers in 2025
... ease the burden of cancer on Wisconsinites. This session, ACS CAN in Wisconsin will be prioritizing policies that focus on access to affordable health insurance, efforts that address prescription drug affordability, coverage of lifesaving cancer screenings and legislation that aims to improve health care quality and outcomes. The following is a statement from Sara Sahli, Wisconsin government relations director for ACS CAN: “Wisconsin is ...
New Report: Expanding BadgerCare Would Make Health Care More Affordable for Limited Income Wisconsinites
... to BadgerCare expansion and lays out the issues Wisconsinites from every corner of the state still face when it comes to the affordability of health care. The report wraps up by analyzing possible solutions. “From the patient perspective, the solution lawmakers should consider is fully expanding BadgerCare,” said Sara Sahli, Wisconsin government relations director for ACS CAN. “Expansion will put health care in reach for more than 90,000 Wisconsinites in the affordability gap and reduce the number of individuals without health insurance.” ...
Senator Ballweg Receives Award for Championing Lifesaving Cancer Public Policy
... after giving birth, a policy that has overwhelming support in Wisconsin. “Senator Ballweg has been a strong advocate for extending health care coverage for new moms. Improving cancer diagnosis and survivorship after a pregnancy is not just important to postpartum individuals, but to their babies and the entire family as we aim to protect the health of all Wisconsinites,” said Sara Sahli, ACS CAN Wisconsin government relations director. “Ensuring low-income individuals and families ...
Medicaid Expansion & The End of Continuous Coverage in Wisconsin
... expansion? During the pandemic, Congress put in place continuous coverage protections to ensure that Medicaid enrollees were able to keep their health coverage without needing to re-enroll. These protections will end as soon as April 1st, 2023. States will begin reviewing the eligibility of ... and drop coverage for those who no longer qualify or do not provide updated information. 49,000 Wisconsinites are now at risk of losing their health coverage and access to the care they need to get and stay healthy. The stakes are not the same throughout the country. Those living in Wisconsin will have fewer options for ...