Doyle says BadgerCare Plus, not Healthy Wisconsin, should be Dems budget priority
Gov. Jim Doyle told reporters Tuesday that when Senate Democrats proposed their plan for universal health insurance he told them that the goal should be to pass BadgerCare Plus and get 98 percent of the state's residents insured.
Doyle said that trying to find ways for people to get affordable health care is a "worthy goal" but that the goal should be getting some "very practical" things done. He cited things like getting insured all kids as well as adults without children who are working but not earning enough to afford insurance.
"I know there's going to be a broad debate on all kinds of issues on health care, but I'm living in the real world here," Doyle said.
"I put forth a plan that I'm hoping we're going to get done in this budget that will extend affordable health insurance to about 98 percent of the people of the state," Doyle said, adding that despite all of the partisan debate on health care, he hopes Republicans and Democrats can at least agree that children and low-income adults can have access to health insurance.
Doyle made his comments following an address before a regional summit on campus safety at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Listen to audio of Doyle's remarks here.
