Overview
- Gov. Tony Evers signed SB 23, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 102, at Children’s Wisconsin, extending BadgerCare Plus postpartum eligibility from 60 days to one year.
- Coverage is slated to begin July 1 subject to federal sign-off and state implementation steps.
- With the law’s enactment, Arkansas is the only state that still ends postpartum Medicaid coverage at 60 days.
- The measure drew near-unanimous bipartisan votes after years of resistance, including a late shift by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
- State health officials report about 21 pregnancy-related deaths each year, roughly half postpartum and largely preventable, and advocates say the added coverage will bolster access to primary and mental health care.