US EditionBills to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage, Offer More Breast Cancer Screenings Could Pass Today
The bipartisan law extends postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to one year for low-income mothers and mandates extra cancer screenings for women with dense breast tissue.
- On Thursday, the Wisconsin Assembly was slated to approve bipartisan postpartum Medicaid and breast cancer screening bills, both having already passed the Senate and expected to be signed next week.
- Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had long blocked postpartum expansion but relented late Wednesday, while Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer pressed the effort and announced her pregnancy.
- The Medicaid expansion extends postpartum coverage from two months to a full year, letting low‑income mothers above the poverty level stay on Medicaid longer, while insurers must cover extra screenings for women with dense breast tissue.
- Amid end‑of‑session bargaining, the votes cleared these measures, breaking a logjam amid a flurry of last‑minute negotiations as the two‑year legislative session closes, but several other high‑profile bills risked dying.
- Broader budget bargaining tied the measures to tax cuts and the $2.5 billion estimated surplus, while Wisconsin’s nearly 40‑year‑old land conservation program faced extinction beyond June 30.
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Bills to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage, offer more breast cancer screenings could pass today
Two popular bills to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers and require insurance providers to cover more cancer screenings for women with dense breast tissue are expected to pass the Assembly.
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Wisconsin poised to leave Arkansas as only state without expanded Medicaid for new moms
Wisconsin Republicans who long blocked a bipartisan measure to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage plan to pass the measure following pressure from Democrats.
Wisconsin Republicans announce plan to pass postpartum Medicaid, breast cancer bills
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly say they'll pass two bills related to women's health Thursday, a surprise move that comes after years of blocking the legislation. The post Wisconsin Republicans announce plan to pass postpartum Medicaid, breast cancer bills appeared first on WPR.
Rep. Stroud: Demands a vote on post-partum Medicaid expansion and “Gail’s Law”
Madison, WI—Two bipartisan, life-saving bills with overwhelming support continue to be blocked from a vote in the Assembly by Speaker Robin Vos, and the Republican members who elected him speaker. In only two states in the country—Wisconsin and Arkansas—pregnant women...
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