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Wisconsin’s Medicaid Work Rules Take Effect | Green Bay News
Starting January 1, Wisconsin will require 63,000 Medicaid recipients to prove they’re working—or risk losing coverage. Part of a federal push to curb “waste, fraud, and abuse,” the state is following Nebraska and Montana’s lead, though with key exemptions for pregnancy, caregiving, or medical inability. Despite $10 million in automation efforts and staff reallocation, confusion already led to coverage losses—like a pregnant woman denied due to paperwork errors. Officials plan to let people self-report medical frailty for the first year, but rural hospitals face looming cuts in maternal and…
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