Warning: You’ve been warned — dire budget warnings from Democrats
By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Bob Dylan told us, “Tomorrow is a long time.”
Legislative Democrats weren’t taking any chances Monday, sending out sky-is-falling warnings about what the Republican majority on the powerful Joint Committee on Finance had in mind for Tuesday.
Nearing the end of its budget-writing business, the committee is expected to take up [...]
IL banks on faith with massive Medicaid expansion
SPRINGFIELD — If the federal government keeps its promise to pay 90 percent of the costs for Obamacare, Illinois will have to find $1.8 billion a year to pay for the massive Medicaid expansion now on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk.
But what happens if Congress doesn’t keep that promise?
Read More →PA gov. pushes back on IFO Medicaid report
The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett says a report on Medicaid expansion by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office improperly claims as much as $515 million as savings, revenue or underestimated costs to the state.
Read More →$2 million habit: WI Public employee smoking surcharge would generate millions for state
Lighting up may cost state employees $50 more per month, but the state’s coffers could be about $6 million richer over the next biennium, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Read More →Obamacare ‘navigators’ will cost taxpayers millions
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Federal health bureaucrats know applying for health insurance through the federal health care exchanges won’t be easy.
If it were, there wouldn’t be the need for tens of thousands of taxpaye- backed “navigators,” new positions that soon will be created to help steer consumers through the rough waters of Obamacare.
The [...]
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