Medicaid: News for Members
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Introducing medically tailored meals
Regular healthy meals may help you manage a medical condition, meet your nutrition goals, and avoid hospital stays or emergency room visits. Now, with coverage through a participating BadgerCare Plus or Medicaid SSI HMO, you may qualify for medically tailored meals if you have:
- A high-risk condition during your pregnancy or postpartum
- Diabetes and were discharged from a hospital in the past 90 days
- Cardiovascular disease and were discharged from a hospital in the past 90 days
The benefit includes two meals per day for up to 12 weeks at no cost to you (or longer if approved by your HMO). Learn more on the Food is Medicine webpage.
Other news
Get Medicaid enrollment and renewal data
See how many Wisconsinites are covered, and explore statewide trends by county, race, and ethnicity. | November 20, 2024
Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid program enhanced
If you have breast or cervical cancer or precancerous conditions, it's now easier than ever to apply for benefits. | October 19, 2024
Take control of your reproductive health
If you're not enrolled in Wisconsin Medicaid or BadgerCare Plus, you may still qualify for sexual and reproductive health care, including birth control. | August 30, 2024
19-year-olds: get health insurance
Between now and mid-November, BadgerCare Plus members who turned 19 in the last four years will get a letter about how to qualify for health care benefits. | August 19, 2024
Talk to your doctor in your preferred language
As a BadgerCare Plus or Wisconsin Medicaid member, you can have an interpreter at your medical appointments at no cost to you. | June 26, 202
Do you struggle to understand health insurance?
Our partner, Covering Wisconsin, has easy-to-read fact sheets in English and Spanish that help explain insurance concepts. | May 14, 2024
Wisconsin’s Medicaid programs
Wisconsin's Medicaid programs include BadgerCare Plus and many others that meet the needs of children, adults, pregnant people, older adults, and people with disabilities, including:
- BadgerCare Plus
- BadgerCare Plus Emergency Services
- BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Services
- Emergency Services Medicaid
- Family Care
- Family Care Partnership
- Family Planning Only Services
- Foster Care Medicaid
- Institutional Medicaid
- IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)
- Katie Beckett Medicaid
- Medicaid Purchase Plan
- Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- SeniorCare
- Supplemental Security Income Medicaid
- Supplemental Security Income-Related Medicaid
- Tuberculosis-Related Medicaid
- Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid
Most news items apply to all programs, but there may be some exceptions. You will be notified if your benefits are affected. Contact your agency if you have questions.