Medicaid: News for Members

New federal Medicaid work requirement

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed July 4, 2025, added several new red-tap requirements, including new federal work requirements to Medicaid. Because of that, under federal law that Wisconsin is required to implement beginning in 2027, some adults enrolled in BadgerCare Plus will need to show that they work, go to school, or volunteer, in order to keep their coverage.

If you are enrolled in BadgerCare Plus and are between 19 and 64 years old, not pregnant, not disabled, and don’t have children under 19 living with you, then you may need to meet the federal work requirement. There are other reasons (work requirement exemptions) why you may not need to meet the work requirement.

What can I do now?

• Watch your mail. We’ll send you a letter in August or September to explain what you need to know and what will happen next.
• Use our screening tool to explore whether you may have to meet the new federal Medicaid work requirement.

Learn more and use the screening tool

Medicaid members are the experts Wisconsin needs

The Wisconsin Medicaid Member Experience Council (MMEC) is a group of people with experience using Medicaid. The group advises Wisconsin Medicaid on how to make it better for everyone. Together, we build trust and pave the way for change.

We’re recruiting! The MMEC needs two new ambassadors who have Medicaid benefits right now or in the last two years, or their caregivers. We’re looking for:

• Someone living in Menominee County
• A member of a Tribal nation

We want the MMEC to represent many perspectives from all parts of Wisconsin. MMEC ambassadors help us build a better future for Medicaid by bringing focus to topics that are important to them. They connect with decision makers to tell us what’s working, and what’s not. They’re involved every step of the way, from finding gaps in services, to proposing solutions, to making decisions on what to do next.

Learn more about MMEC and apply by May 31

• BadgerCare Plus
• BadgerCare Plus Emergency Services
• BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Services
• Emergency Services Medicaid
• Family Care
• Family Care Partnership
• Family Planning Only Services
• Foster Care Medicaid
• Institutional Medicaid
• IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)

• Katie Beckett Medicaid
• Medicaid Purchase Plan
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• SeniorCare
• Supplemental Security Income Medicaid
• Supplemental Security Income-Related Medicaid
• Tuberculosis-Related Medicaid
• Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid