Fiscal Note
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32101-51110-0000 Permanent Salaries ($50,000)
32309-54820-0000 Community Agency Contracts $50,000
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BOH Resolution 32019-07 Authorizing the noncompetitive purchase of more than $25,000 in services from Covering Wisconsin (CWI) Health Insurance Navigators and Authorization of the Corresponding Budget Transfer to Support these Services
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In 2017 and 2018, the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County, the City of Madison Common Council, and the Dane County Board of Supervisors agreed to provide support to Covering Wisconsin (CWI) to assure the continuation of federal marketplace (ACA insurance) and Medicaid/BadgerCare Navigator enrollment support to Dane County residents.
CWI, based within the University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliated with UW Extension, runs the state’s largest federally-certified and state-licensed Navigator agency. CWI connects residents with and promotes effective use of insurance coverage and other programs that support health. CWI’s work centers around three primary engagement areas: 1) health coverage outreach and enrollment assistance; 2) education on using health coverage to access care; and 3) promoting understanding and effective use of other programs that support health.
Navigators work with partners to promote enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Obamacare plans and in Medicaid/BadgerCare. Beyond the services provided by fee based agents and brokers, Navigators fill an essential role in meeting the diverse needs of lower-income consumers. Navigators enroll consumers in Medicaid along with Marketplace plans in a single appointment and location. This can assure that the whole family gets appropriate coverage when a parent qualifies for Marketplace insurance coverage and a child qualifies for Medicaid. Navigators handle complex cases, spending as much time as needed with a single case and providing post-enrollment assistance. Navigators provide Spanish-language and bi-cu...
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