DHS: Medicaid expenses projected to come in $213 million higher than budgeted
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Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda. Photo by David Wise, Sept. 2024.
The Department of Health Services is now projecting Medicaid GPR spending to come in $213.2 million higher than projected when the 2025-27 budget was signed six months ago.
In a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, DHS Secretary Kirsten Johnson attributed the projected shortfall to several factors. That includes unanticipated higher costs for prescription drugs, Medicare buy-in ...
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