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Wisconsin Passes Expanded Medicaid for Moms, Would Leave Arkansas as only State without It

The bills extend postpartum Medicaid from 60 days to 12 months and require breast cancer screening coverage for dense tissue, ending Wisconsin's lag among states, per Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

  • On Thursday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed a measure to expand Medicaid benefits for new mothers up to a year after birth, leaving Arkansas as the only state yet to adopt this extension.
  • Facing persistent Democratic tactics and pressure from eight Republican Assembly members, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos relented late Wednesday to allow a vote on postpartum Medicaid expansion.
  • Fiscal analysis found the phased-in expansion would cost Wisconsin about $10 million, with the federal government paying an additional $14.1 million.
  • Both measures will now go to Gov. Tony Evers, who is expected to sign them next week after lawmakers aim to send the bills by Monday, with Evers pledging no line-item vetoes if unchanged.
  • Being one of eight holdout states until now, Wisconsin, with high maternal mortality rates, has passed major maternal-health laws last year and adopted the federal 12-month postpartum extension after pressure from GOP lawmakers in competitive districts.
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Wispolitics.com broke the news in Madison, United States on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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