Donna Friedsam is distinguished researcher emerita and the former health policy programs director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that 1 in 5 Wisconsin residents use Medicaid, which includes programs like BadgerCare Plus and Forward Health.
“About 40 percent of all births in Wisconsin and 40 percent of children are covered by Medicaid, and 60 percent of people in nursing homes on long-term care, or elderly and disabled people,” she added.