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CONTACT: Stephanie Marquis, Communications Director 608-266-1683
SECRETARY HAYDEN MEETS WITH EAU CLAIRE COUNTY ADVOCATES
AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Discusses Organizations' Strategy to Help Eau Claire
Children and Families Sign Up for BadgerCare Plus
MADISON - Secretary Kevin R. Hayden today met with Eau Claire County advocates
and community-based organizations to discuss BadgerCare Plus. They
specifically discussed the organizations' strategy for helping uninsured
Eau Claire County kids and families get access to comprehensive health
care through BadgerCare Plus. Senator Kathleen Vinehout and Representative
Jeff Smith also participated in the discussion.
"Providing access to quality, affordable health care for all kids
is achievable with BadgerCare Plus," said Secretary Kevin R. Hayden.
"BadgerCare Plus is simple and provides health care coverage that our
children deserve at a price families can afford. I look forward to working
with the Eau Claire City-County Health Department and members of the
Hunger Coalition of Eau Claire County as they establish additional
outreach stations all over Eau Claire County where families can go to
learn more about BadgerCare Plus and sign up for the program."
BadgerCare Plus offers health coverage to every uninsured child in
Wisconsin by streamlining Medicaid, BadgerCare and Healthy Start into one
comprehensive program. Regardless of a family's income, BadgerCare Plus
allows every uninsured Wisconsin family access to affordable,
comprehensive health care coverage for their kids. Low income families
will be able to enroll their children into BadgerCare Plus at no charge,
while higher earning families will be able to buy into the program at a
reasonable cost based upon income.
On January 16, 2008, Eau Claire City-County Health Department received
a $19,080 BadgerCare Plus mini grant to help sign kids up for BadgerCare
Plus. It is one of 32 organizations that received funding to share
information about the program's benefits and provide direct, confidential
application assistance. Eau Claire City-County Health Department will be
working with other community-based organizations in the county to help
families sign up for BadgerCare Plus.
Eau Claire County families can go to the following two community-based
organizations to get help signing up for BadgerCare Plus:
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
720 Second Ave
Eau Claire WI 54703
715-839-4718 |
Eau Claire County Department of Human Services
721 Oxford Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702
715-831-5700 |
For more information about BadgerCare Plus, visit www.BadgerCarePlus.org
or call 1-800-362-3002.
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Last Revised: July 12, 2010
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