US EditionGovernor Signs Budget in Early Morning to Secure Medicaid Funds
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, JUL 3 – The bipartisan budget boosts hospital assessments to the federal maximum, securing $1.5 billion for rural hospitals while cutting income taxes and increasing education spending.
- Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget early Thursday to secure Medicaid funds before losing federal support under President Trump's package.
- The budget was passed in a rush, with the Senate voting 19-14, as five Democrats joined 14 Republicans to approve it.
- Democrats opposed the $111 billion spending bill, stating it failed to adequately increase funding for schools, child care, and Medicaid expansion.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under President Trump’s tax and spending cuts package. In an extraordinarily rapid succession of events, Evers and Republican lawmakers unveiled a compromise budget deal on Tuesday, the Senate passed it Wednesday night, and hours later ju…
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Governor signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed a new two-year budget to secure federal Medicaid funding. The budget passed both legislative chambers in an unprecedented single day on Wednesday into early Thursday morning, driven by urgency to access $1.5 billion in federal funds for rural hospitals.
Wisconsin governor signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under President Trump's tax and spending cuts package.
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