Learning Center

Welcome to Covering Wisconsin’s health insurance learning center.

Here, you can learn about health insurance using our guides and tools to help you understand your options, what benefits mean, how to choose a plan that works for you, and much more. Whether you are new to health insurance or just have questions, we are here to help you.

Click the shortcut below to jump to each section:

Topics include:

  • Your Health Insurance Options

  • Getting Started With Insurance

  • What’s Free With Health Insurance

  • Special Enrollment Periods

  • Where To Go If You’re Sick

  • and more!

Learn about HealthCare.gov

Topics include:

  • Planning For Your Budget

  • What Are Premium Tax Credits

  • Providing Information To HealthCare.gov

Learn about BadgerCare Plus

Topics include:

  • How To Start Using BadgerCare Plus

  • Renewing BadgerCare Plus

  • The Basics Of BadgerCare Plus

  • Getting A Ride To Medical Appointments

  • Sexual Health Services

  • and more!

Learning to use your insurance

Scroll through the following sections to find more information on topics related to using your health insurance. Click each topic to learn more, and download a printable PDF in English and Spanish at the bottom of each topic page.

Getting started with health insurance:

What are my health insurance options?

Learn about what health insurance options you might qualify for.

Am I eligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP)?

Learn if you can sign up for health insurance because of a Special Enrollment Period.

What are health insurance networks?

Learn about health insurance networks, primary care providers, and how to find a specialist.

Finances and health insurance:

Is health insurance through my job affordable?

Learn if the health insurance offered from your job is considered affordable.

Setting up a health insurance piggy bank

Learn about how to save money, and set money aside to create a health insurance piggy bank:

What’s free with health insurance?

Learn about what services are free with health insurance and what isn’t.

What to do when you can’t pay your medical bill

Learn about what options you have when you have a medical bill you can’t pay for.