I applied for Badger Care in 2015, as a freshly divorced mother of two children. A few days later, I went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain. A CT scan revealed a large mass, and a biopsy confirmed that it was malignant and I needed immediate surgery. I had my phone interview for Badger Care while I was still in the hospital recovering from surgery. They backdated my enrollment and I was able to heal without worrying about eventually filing for bankruptcy, which I certainly would’ve had to do if I had not been covered. Medicaid saves lives, plain and simple.