Covering Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s Premier Health Insurance Navigator Agency

Welcome to the Covering Wisconsin informational page. Click below to learn more about the various aspects of what Covering Wisconsin does on the community and statewide levels.

Community Support

We help anyone in Wisconsin secure health insurance coverage, seek timely care, and navigate the healthcare system with a focus on communities most at risk. Our expert Health Insurance Navigators are federally-licensed to provide free help year-around.

Navigators:

  • Compare plans and prices across coverage options

  • Submit applications for HealthCare.gov, BadgerCare Plus or Medicaid

  • Answer health insurance questions - big and small

  • Resolve billing or coverage problems

  • File eligibility appeals

  • and more!

Click the map to download our Navigator contact list, or click the list below for more details:

  • Mike Rust - mike@safetyweb.org

    Counties include: Barron, Polk, St. Croix

  • Lourdes Godinez - lourdes@micentro.org

    Counties include: Dane & Southcentral Wisconsin

  • Katia Blanchette (Spanish, Portugese, & Norwegian) - kcblanchette@wisc.edu

    Counties incude: Statewide (based in Madison)

    Kathleen Duschene - kduschene@wisc.edu

    Counties incude: Rock, Walworth

    Colleen Harryman - colleen.harryman@wisc.edu

    Counties incude: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Sauk

    Tony Lee - anthony.lee267@wisc.edu

    Counties include: Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc

    Gabriela Martinez (Spanish) - martinezmott@wisc.edu

    Counties include: Statewide (based in Madison)

    Claudia Mejia (Spanish) - cmejia@wisc.edu

    Counties include: Statewide (based in Madison)

    Kirk Moore - kirk.moore@wisc.edu

    Counties include: Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Vilas

    Kimberly Turner - kimberly.turner@wisc.edu

    Counties include: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha

  • Sue Lane - lane.susann@marshfieldclinic.org

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Wood

    Vanessa Silva (Spanish) - silva.vanessa@marshfieldclinic.org

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Wood

  • Madison Bjostad -mbjostad@feedingamericawi.org

    Counties include: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine

  • Winona Grieger - wgrieger@gliihc.net

    Counties include: Milwaukee

  • Sue Stephens - sstephens@nwcep.org

    Counties include: Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn

  • Wildlia Rivera Diaz (Spanish) - wildalia.diaz@thedacare.org

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Wood

    Julia Garvey - julia.garvey@thedacare.org

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Wood

  • Molly Yang (Hmong) - molly.yang@progressivechc.org

    Counties include: Milwaukee

  • Francisco Guerrero (Spanish) - francisco.guerrero@wisconsin.edu

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood

    Mariana Savela (Spanish) - mariana.savelachimal@wisconsin.edu

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood

    Rubens Silva -rubens.silva@wisconsin.edu

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood

    Sheng Khang -sheng.khang@wisconsin.edu

    Counties include: Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood

Professional Presentations & Trainings

We convene statewide trainings, communicate complex policy using plain language, and collaborate with stakeholders to promote health insurance coverage and ensure that all consumers have access to enrollment assistance.

Wisconsin Health Insurance Enrollment Conference

Learn more about our annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Enrollment Conference, Wisconsin’s premier health insurance conference centered around health topics and trainings. Click the button below to watch last year’s recorded sessions, download session PDFs, and more.

Covering Wisconsin Services

Click the button below to learn more about the professional services Covering Wisconsin offers. Services include enrollment assistance, trainings and workshops, instructional sheet co-branding and tailoring, and more.

Statewide Partnerships

To deliver enrollment services, provide local outreach, and build collaborative networks statewide, CWI partners with the following organizations:

  • Harambee Birth and Family Center 

  • La Crosse County Health Department 

  • Milwaukee Health Care Partnership 

  • Multicultural Coalition 

  • NEW Hmong Professionals 

  • Northlakes Community Clinic 

  • Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Economic Program, Inc. 

  • Partnership Community Health Center 

  • Progressive Community Health Centers 

  • Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association 

  • Silver Spring Community Center 

  • Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers 

  • Vera Court Neighborhood Center 

  • Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service/Hmong and Hispanic Communication Network 

  • Workforce Connections 

  • ABC for Rural Health 

  • Allied Wellness Center 

  • Bread of Healing 

  • Believers for Change 

  • CAP Services 

  • Catholic Charities of Madison 

  • Centro Hispano of Dane County 

  • CH Mason Clinic 

  • Dominican Center 

  • Family Connections of Southwest WI 

  • Family Health Center of Marshfield 

  • Feeding Wisconsin 

  • Findley Foundation 

  • Forward Latino

  • Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness 

  • Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center 

  • Gwen Washington