A Wisconsin Medicaid System Update

The majority of the population in the state of Wisconsin is enrolled in a commercial health insurance plan (65%)—this is above the national average of 56%. About 12% of the population is enrolled in Medicaid, which is below the national average of 17% (to learn more about the state’s health care system, Elite OPEN MINDS Circle members can review the Wisconsin Health Care System Landscape: An OPEN MINDS State Profile).

Medicaid Managed Care Overview

Wisconsin has three managed care programs under the umbrella of ForwardHealth that serve specific subsets of the Medicaid population:

BadgerCare Plus: Wisconsin’s BadgerCare . . .