MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin health officials say the state’s Medicaid budget will finish the 2015-17 biennium $325 million in the black.
The Department of Health Services sent a letter June 30 to the leaders of the Legislature’s finance committee saying the budget is expected to finish fiscal year 2017 with a balance of $325 million. That’s about $5 million less than DHS estimated in March but still consistent with Gov. Scott Walker’s assumptions going into the 2017-19 state budget.
The letter attributed the balance to a number of one-time factors, including slower enrollment growth than expected and improved federal matching rates. DHS officials project that expenditures will grow in the next biennium.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.