The Wisconsin Health Care Plan (WHCP) for Workers and Dependents in Wisconsin: Cost and Coverage Impacts
July 2003
Wisconsin AFL-CIO
Lewin contact: John Sheils
The Lewin Group esimated the impact of adopting a Wisconsin Health Care Plan to provide health insurance to all workers and their dependents in Wisconsin. This paper describes the WHCP proposal and summarizes the assumptions used to estimate its effects. It proivdes presents estimates of the program's impact on health spending for households, emplyers, and the state and federal governments. A description of the data and methods used is presented in the report Appendices.