Health Care

Historic Investments

                          

Senator Stroebel

Senator Stroebel

Invested $3.1 billion in health services over the biennium

    • $387 million for hospitals
    • $195 million for nursing homes
    • $41 million toward meeting Wisconsin's mental health needs
    • $38 million increase for personal care workers
    • $7.5 million increase for Aging and Disability Resource Centers
    • 9% increase for Alzheimer’s Family and Caregiver Support Program
  • Funded a Complex Patient Pilot Program to work with providers to get patients into facilities that can provide care with the proper acuity
  • Increased the Medicaid reimbursement rate for primary care by $132.6 million
  • Funded new regional mental health crisis centers to help people at their most vulnerable closer to their homes
  • Dental clinic expansion at children’s Wisconsin, Marquette University School of Dentistry Upgrades, $10 million toward the Versiti Blood Research Center