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Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Medicaid Eligibility Handbook |
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Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Medicaid Eligibility Handbook |
BadgerCare ( BC ) is an expansion of Wisconsin’s MA program.
All general MA non-financial requirements (1.1.2) apply to BC in addition to those items listed in (5.7.3) Explain the BC program to each household that includes a potential BC client, and offer them an opportunity to apply for BC. Potential BC clients are:
Children under age 19. For BC purposes,
a child is defined as being under age 19. Marital status does not
affect an individual’s status as a child.
Parents living with children under age 19.
Spouses living with parents of children under the age of 19.
If a client fails all other full-benefit MA subprograms (7.1.2), test
them for BC.
They will be eligible for BC if they:
Meet BC non-financial (5.7.3)
and financial (5.7.4) tests.
Are not eligible for any other full-benefit MA
subprograms.
Full-benefit MA eligibility does not include those subprograms listed in 7.1.3
BC applicants are those who have not been eligible in the current or previous month for BC.
BC recipients are those that have been eligible in the current or previous month for BC.
This page last updated in Release Number : 02-03
Release Date: 07/01/02
Effective Date: 07/01/02