Wisconsin Voters Sue to Void Laws, Permit Medicaid Expansion (1)

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is challenging three state laws that essentially prohibit the state’s new governor, Tony Evers (D), from fulfilling his key campaign promise to expand the state’s Medicaid program.

If successful, the lawsuit, filed Jan. 10 in Dane County Circuit Court, could ease the path for Wisconsin to become the next state to expand Medicaid, the low-income health program run by states and partially funded by the federal government.

The complaint said three bills and 82 nominations to various state boards and commissions, approved by a lame-duck session of the Wisconsin Legislature, are unenforceable. ...