For Your Benefit is published by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Health Care Financing. Circulated free by request. Policy limits for pre-existing conditions may not apply.
Subsidies help low-income policyholders save money.
Created a new payment system for providers to support program costs. This system will limit the burden on insurer assessments and policyholder premiums. These changes are intended to control expenditures and make the program more accessible and affordable to policyholders. Call volumes have increased from an average of 5,000 a month to 8,800 in January 1999 alone. The DHFS responded to this need as soon as it knew about the increased demand.