Monday, September 23, 2013

Humor For The Day ...

... the comments at this article in which Wisconsin will be moving almost 100,000 state healthcare beneficiaries to ObamaCare.

GreenBayPressGazette is reporting:
BadgerCare recipients who make too much money to remain in the program next year will receive letters this week from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration letting them know that their coverage is about to end and that they can shop for insurance through the new online exchange.
The letters are being sent to more than 56,000 households where one or more person is expected to lose their coverage at the end of the year, although those who are getting kicked off won’t get the final notice until December.

Ultimately, about 92,000 people are expected to lose Medicaid coverage and instead have to shop for federally subsidized private insurance through the exchange, or marketplace. The enrollment period for that begins on Oct. 1, with coverage starting in January.
Walker proposed, and the Republican Legislature earlier this year approved, new income limits that restrict BadgerCare coverage to adults earning less than 100 percent of poverty. That is $11,500 for an individual or $23,550 for a family of four. Until the change, adults earning up to 200 percent of poverty were eligible.
This will allow the poorest better state health care. It will support President O'Bama's wishes to move people over to the exchanges. 

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