Wyoming Medicaid expansion dead after Senate committee kill bill on 2-3 vote By Brendan LaChance on March 31, 2021
Sen. Anthony Bouchard during the Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee meeting Wednesday. (Wyoming Legislature, Youtube)
CASPER, Wyo. An effort to allow Wyoming to explore options to expand Medicaid eligibility is dead after the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee defeated House Bill 162 on a vote of 2-3 on Wednesday, March 31.
The legislation had seen some hope of passage this session after the Wyoming House of Representatives narrowly passed the bill on a third reading vote of 32-28 on March 24.
The so-called “Medical Treatment Opportunity Act” would have created a pathway for Medicaid expansion if the governor and the Wyoming Department of Health were to determine that Medicaid expansion was “viable and financially advantageous to the state.”
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Senate bill would undo Trump rule that dismantled healthcare coverage for preexisting conditions
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The Trump administration issued changes to the 1332 waiver guidance in 2018 in its effort to undermine preexisting condition protections that millions of Americans rely on.
On Jan. 14, on its way out the door, the Trump administration cemented the 1332 wavier guidance, giving states the green light to use taxpayer dollars to push “junk” health insurance plans that cost more and cover less. Under these plans, insurance companies can charge people more if the