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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A report compiled by Gov. Tony Evers' administration estimates the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost Wisconsin $142 million per year once it is fully implemented.

The report, based on analysis from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), cites costs tied to the state having to grow efforts to help people meet expanded work requirements to qualify for Medicaid health coverage and also cover a bigger share of costs related to distribution of food stamps.

Last month, a DHS report estimated additional red tape tied to expanded eligibility checks would lead to more than 270,000 Wisconsinites losing their health care coverage currently obtained through either Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

According to DHS, about 20% of all Wiscon

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