Connect to Care, Engage in Health

Covering Wisconsin is an outreach program from UW-Madison Extension that connects Wisconsin residents with health insurance and other programs that support health.

 

Covering Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s Premier Health Insurance Navigator Agency

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.

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Professional Statewide Leadership:

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.

Click the map to download a PDF with local contact information.

Health Insurance Support

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!

To make an appointment:

Call (877) 942-6837

Go to Coveringwi.org/enroll

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Expert Health Insurance Navigators are federally-licensed to provide free help year-around.

Professional Presentations and Training

CWI’s annual Wisconsin Enrollment Conference prepares and enhances the health insurance workforce from around the state.

Trainings are responsive to continual policy and program changes and are tailored for each audience.

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Professional Presentations and Training

Education, Outreach, and Promotions

  • Crafted with feedback from community partners and consumers.

  • Available in English, Spanish, Hmong (for some resources), and other languages upon request.

  • Campaigns are developed and launched through radio, TV, bus ads, billboards, and social media.

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  • Over 45 resources that explain health insurance concepts are available for download, www.coveringwi.org/learn.

  • Promotional materials are for statewide use and can be personalized for partners, coveringwi.org/toolkit.

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Education, Outreach and Promotions

Instructional Sheets

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Video Animation Advertising

Physical Billboard & Bus Advertising

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Partnerships

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

  • 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 

  • 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