MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Low-income Wisconsin mothers could stay on Medicaid longer and with less paperwork under a bill that has gained bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Nearly half of the state’s lawmakers have already co-sponsored the bill, which came up for a hearing in the Senate insurance committee on Wednesday. More Republican lawmakers across the country are moving to expand Medicaid eligibility after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last June. But even as the expansion for mothers gains traction in the Legislature, Wisconsin remains one of 10 states that have not accepted federal Medicaid expansion funding.
