The ink is barely dry on the nation’s new health reform law, and Wisconsin officials are already putting many of its initiatives into place.There are efforts to insure the 34,000 people on a waiting list for “Badger Care Core-Plus” coverage.Also, officials say they’re getting started on creating an insurance exchange, where individuals and small businesses can get subsidized by the year 2014.Also, groups that provide high-quality care for low cost will get more reimbursements from Medicare.Wisconsin’s Secretary of the Department of Health Services Karen Timberlaketalked with WPR’s Terry Bell on how the law will play out in the state…
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