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Families USA Fact Sheet: Defending Health Care in 2017 - What Is at Stake for Wisconsin
431,000 Wisconsinites stand to lose their health coverage.1
Wisconsin stands to lose $13 billion in federal funding for Medicaid, CHIP, and financial assistance for marketplace coverage.2
Approximately 191,000 Wisconsinites who currently get financial assistance to help pay for their health coverage will lose this help and will no longer have affordable coverage options. In 2016, Wisconsinites receiving financial assistance saw their monthly premiums reduced on average $332 thanks to this help.3
The now-historically low rate of uninsured people will spike, with the number of uninsured in Wisconsin increasing 144 percent by 2019.4 This will reverse the immense progress that has been made to expand coverage. Between 2013 and 2015:
Approximately 2.5 million Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions like asthma, diabetes, and cancer could once again be denied affordable, comprehensive coverage that actually covers their health care needs.
Women in Wisconsin will once again be charged more for health coverage just for being a woman.
431,000 Wisconsinites stand to lose their health coverage.1
Wisconsin stands to lose $13 billion in federal funding for Medicaid, CHIP, and financial assistance for marketplace coverage.2
Approximately 191,000 Wisconsinites who currently get financial assistance to help pay for their health coverage will lose this help and will no longer have affordable coverage options. In 2016, Wisconsinites receiving financial assistance saw their monthly premiums reduced on average $332 thanks to this help.3
The now-historically low rate of uninsured people will spike, with the number of uninsured in Wisconsin increasing 144 percent by 2019.4 This will reverse the immense progress that has been made to expand coverage. Between 2013 and 2015:
- The number of uninsured in Wisconsin declined 37 percent.
- Working Wisconsinites: The uninsured rate among working Wisconsinites saw a 34 percent decline.
Approximately 2.5 million Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions like asthma, diabetes, and cancer could once again be denied affordable, comprehensive coverage that actually covers their health care needs.
Women in Wisconsin will once again be charged more for health coverage just for being a woman.
- Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women in Wisconsin were charged as much as 42 percent more than men for the same coverage.
- Roughly 2.1 million Wisconsinites (including 580,000 children) saw lifetime limits on coverage disappear thanks to the ACA’s ban on these practices.11
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