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Since Governor Doyle opposed the Senate's mandate plan, he chose instead to expand BadgerCare, claiming that 98% of Wisconsinites would have some form of health insurance under his expansion. [4] Doyle called the revised program BadgerCare+ and included it in his 2007-2009 biennial budget. BadgerCare+ began functioning on February 1, 2008.
BadgerCare Plus is the largest Medicaid program in Wisconsin and provides health insurance to more than 900,000 low-income residents, more than half of them children.
In many states, public employee pension plans are known as Public Employee Retirement Systems (PERS). Pension benefits may or may not be changed after an employee is hired, depending on the state and plan, as well as hiring date, years of service, and grandfathering. Retirement age in the public sector is usually lower than in the private sector.
As a candidate for governor, Walker proposed that state employees pay more toward their pensions saying it would save the state about $180 million a year. [21] Walker was elected as Governor in November 2010. Under collective-bargaining agreements, employers and unions had negotiated health insurance considerations from carrier to cost to benefits.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell, who oversees the NC State Health Plan, leads a board meeting considering coverage of the weight loss medications called GLP-1s Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Raleigh.
The Florida Legislature is looking to boost the pay for a depleted state work force and for the third consecutive year has inserted a pay raise in a $116 billion state budget it will soon send to ...
Jim Doyle was born on November 23, 1945, in Washington, D.C., the son of Ruth Bachhuber Doyle and James Edward Doyle, who were influential leaders of the post-1946 Democratic Party of Wisconsin. [3] Doyle Sr. ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1954 and was appointed as a federal judge in 1965.
Five candidates want to take on the role, which is responsible for the state’s pension fund and health plan. NC will have a new state treasurer next year. See which candidates want your vote.