MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has called a special session for the Legislature on to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin, a move Republicans have rejected for years.
Evers on Wednesday called for the special session to begin on Tuesday. He says the bill lawmakers take up would use $750 million in federal stimulus money tied to expanding Medicaid on hundreds of projects across the state.
Republicans have long resisted Medicaid expansion even as 38 other states, including ones led by Republicans, have done it. Republicans earlier this month voted to remove Medicaid expansion from Evers’ two-year budget proposal.
