Wisconsin Department of Health Services Breaks Down Expanded Medicaid Funding
Monday, May 6th, 2019 -- 1:49 PM
(WRN) -The Department of Health Services is breaking down the proposed impact that accepting federal Medicaid funds would mean for Wisconsin.The Department of Health Services is out with a report that lays out how much Wisconsin stands to gain if the state accepts federal Medicaid funding. Secretary-designee Andrea Palm says that money along with Governor Evers' budget would bring 2 point 4 billion dollars in investments to community health care.
"We took our budget and the initiatives and the coverage expansion and broke it down by county, so that everybody could see what expansion could mean for health care in their community."
Palm says a bulk of that extra 1 point 6 billion dollars a year will go towards improving and expanding medical services to local communities.
"Small clinics, small rural hospitals, small nursing homes often times are really anchor institutions in small communities."
Palm says every new primary care doctor they place in a community can create over 20 jobs to support them.
"Whether it's a lab tech or a cleaning service or other things, it generates jobs in local communities."
Palm says it's much easier to grasp the impact of this funding when you can see specific projects laid out for you. The Department's released a report that lists out those investments county by county. You can find that breakdown online at D H S dot Wisconsin Dot Gov.
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