GOP-Led Finance Committee Passes Hefty Health Services Budget — With No Medicaid Expansion

By Matt Kittle - June 5, 2019

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By M.D. Kittle – Republicans on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee upped the ante Tuesday on Health and Welfare spending, proposing a huge increases in a litany of government programs and initiatives. Read More GOP-Led Finance Committee Passes Hefty Health Services Budget — With No Medicaid Expansion

Wisconsin’s Medicaid Program Sees Budget Improvements

By MacIver Institute - April 4, 2014

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MacIver News Service – Wisconsin’s Medicaid program has persistently gone over budget since the start of the program. However, a report released by the Department of Health Services (DHS) to the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) on Tuesday shows an improvement. The projection for Medicaid program expenditures has improved by $72.3 million in general purpose revenue (GPR) since December’s report. Read More Wisconsin’s Medicaid Program Sees Budget Improvements

Better Fiscal Management Still Needed in Light of Unsupported Overdrafts

By MacIver Institute - January 10, 2014

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Several state departments were carrying heavy unsupported overdraft totals in the millions of dollars at the end of fiscal year 2013 (FY13), according to a submission to the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC). Read More Better Fiscal Management Still Needed in Light of Unsupported Overdrafts