HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2021 (31) Resolution No. 31 (2021)
ST C ISO % NTY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MEDICAID EXPANSION PROPOSED IN
THE 2021-2023 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
Bob Rohret, Director, Health & Human Services
DATE: July 6, 2021
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Supporting Medicaid Expansion Proposed in the 2021-2023
Governor's Budget
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Recommendation related to Medicaid expansion in 2021-2023 Governor's Budget
Resolution No. 31 (2021)
ST C ISO % NTY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MEDICAID EXPANSION PROPOSED IN
THE 2021-2023 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
1 WHEREAS, Governor Evers' 2021-2023 Biennial Budget recommends accepting an
2 additional $1 Billion in new federal funding for the next two years, in addition to $635 million
3 Wisconsin would already receive by becoming a Medicaid expansion state; and
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5 WHEREAS, Medicaid eligibility for single adults would expand to 138% of poverty
6 (approximately $17,000 annually), allowing thousands of low-income Wisconsinites access to
7 mental health and addiction services for the first time; and
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9 WHEREAS, people with behavioral health conditions are nearly one-third of the
10 expansion population and Medicaid is a key financing source for fighting the opioid epidemic;
11 and
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13 WHEREAS, without Medicaid expansion low-income people across the state, many of
14 whom are the working poor, would be left as they were before the Affordable Care Act with no
15 pathway to affordable health coverage; and
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17 WHEREAS, an estimated sixty-two percent of those who would benefit from Medicaid
18 expansion are in working families and half are working themselves; and
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20 WHEREAS, the AMA (American Medical Association) estimated a 5.1 per cent decline
21 in use of emergency departments as a usual source of health care as a result of Medicaid
22 expansion; and
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24 WHEREAS, the influx of federal dollars would reverberate through the state economy,
25 with expansion states seeing higher job growth.
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27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of
28 Supervisors does support Medicaid expansion as proposed in Governor Evers' 2021-2023
29 Executive Budget.
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31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors directs
32 the County Clerk to forward a copy of this resolution to the office of the Wisconsin Governor,
33 the office of Wisconsin Department of Health Secretary, St. Croix County Legislators, and
34 Wisconsin Counties Association.
Le-gal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: None
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06/16/21 Health & Human Services Board RECOMMENDED
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RESULT: RECOMMENDED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Scottie Ard, Supervisor
SECONDER: Cathy Leaf, Supervisor
AYES: Leaf, Koch, Ostness, Ard, Tellijohn, Anderson, Lindemann, Ward, McGinnis
Vote Confirmation.
Dave Ostness HHS,Chairman 6/2412D21
SL Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call -Vote Requirement— Majority of Supervisors Present
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RESULT: ADOPTED [15 TO 3]
MOVER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor
SECONDER: Cathy Leaf, Supervisor
AYES: Schachtner, Leaf, Koch, Hall, Ottino, Ostness, Counter, Hansen, Ard, Tellijohn,
Peterson, Anderson, Achterhof, Tomtschik, Peavey
NAYS: Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Paul Berning
EXCUSED: Bob Feidler
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on July 6, 2021
Cindy Campbell, County Clerk