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Capitol Insight: BadgerCare Basic plan heads to Assembly

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We now look at an issue headed for the state assembly, having passed the senate: the state-run healthcare program called BadgerCare Basic.That’s for people who wound up on the waiting list for BadgerCare Core that provides health insurance for low income adults without children.The basic plan is funded by the people on it, through a $130 premium and co-pays.Wisconsin Public Television’s Fredrika Freyberg and Wisconsin Public Radio’s Shawn Johnson discuss BadgerCare Basic in this week’s Capitol Insight segment…

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