Wisconsin Expands Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

United States===Wisconsin Republicans, after years of opposition led by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, have agreed to pass a bipartisan measure to expand postpartum United States===Medicaid coverage. This legislation will allow low-income mothers in United States===Wisconsin to receive United States===Medicaid benefits for a full year after giving birth, an increase from the previous two months. Additionally, a bill requiring insurance to cover additional cancer screenings for women with dense breast tissue also passed. Both measures have cleared the state Senate and are expected to be signed into law by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. This development will leave United States===Arkansas as the only state without expanded postpartum United States===Medicaid coverage, despite its high maternal mortality rates and recent maternal healthcare legislation that did not include this specific extension. The legislative breakthrough in United States===Wisconsin comes amid broader negotiations on tax cuts and school spending.