Proposal delaying health care coverage could save Wisconsin $23 million

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to delay kicking about 72,000 off of Medicaid would actually save the state about $23 million because of the plan’s other component — delaying expanding coverage to poor childless adults, according to an analysis.

The Legislature’s budget committee is slated to take up the proposal on Monday for the three-month delay. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on it in a special session called by Walker on Wednesday, with the Senate taking it up later in the month.