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2009 Wisconsin State Budget

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Budget Proposals Related to Women's Health

The following health care-related initiatives are included in the governor’s budget proposal (introduced as Assembly Bill 75):
  • Prevention First Package that includes Contraceptive Equity, Prescription Protection and Expansion of the Family Planning Waiver.
  • Increase the state cigarette tax by 75-cents a pack – from $1.77 to $2.52 a pack. With the new implemented federal tax, Wisconsin smokers would pay $3.53 in taxes per pack.
  • Authorize the UW Board of Regents to create a school of public health at UW–Milwaukee.
  • Expand the Family Planning Waiver program to men
  • Maintain eligibility standards and benefits for Medicaid, BadgerCare Plus and SeniorCare recipients.
  • Require insurers, at the policy holder’s request, to offer health insurance coverage to dependents through the age of 26.
  • Continue the expansion of Medicaid coverage to childless adults, using federal funding captured by the new hospital tax assessment.
  • Continue the statewide expansion of the Family Care program, although on a slower timeline than previously planned.
  • Provide researches access to Wisconsin’s Cancer Registry to advance cancer research.
  • Increase funding for the Disease Aids Program to meet increased caseload and costs.
  • Increase funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and AIDS Health Insurance Subsidy Program to meet increased caseload and costs.
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