Wisconsin Gazette
By: Lisa Neff
The number of Wisconsinites who do not have health insurance fell sharply during the first three years of the Affordable Care Act, according to survey data released in September by the U.S. Census Bureau.
About 218,000 fewer Wisconsin residents were uninsured in 2016 than in 2013 — a decline of 42 percent.
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Peacock recommended two policy measures to bring down the state’s uninsured rate even more. “First, state lawmakers should take advantage of the part of the health-care reform law that would pay for the expansion of BadgerCare coverage to low-income working adults who are slightly above the poverty level,” he said. “Second, we need to invest in outreach and enrollment assistance for the federally subsidized private insurance marketplace in order to counter actions the president has taken that could reduce participation.”
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