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Repaying Birth Costs

When single, separated, and divorced parents apply for the BadgerCare Plus program, some of these parents are referred to the Wisconsin Child Support program for services.

• If the parents are not married when the mother applies for BadgerCare Plus and the mother is referred to child support, the court may order the father to repay birth costs. Birth costs include health care costs related to the pregnancy, as well as the birth of the child.
• If the family is not referred to the Child Support program, the father will not have to repay birth costs to the BadgerCare Plus program.

If the family is referred to the Child Support program, an unmarried father might not have to repay birth costs if:

• The couple already had an older child together, and
• The couple told the BadgerCare Plus agency that the father was living in the home before their new baby was born (so that his income was included in the family income when applying for BadgerCare Plus).

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