Medicaid expansion revived despite flood of misinformation
Sen. Anthony Bouchard (R-Cheyenne) holds up a carrot during a hearing on Medicaid expansion May 10, 2021. Bouchard said that accepting incentives from the federal government to expand Medicaid would be akin to “taking the carrot” from the federal government. (Screenshot/Wyoming Legislature)
The Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee voted to revive Medicaid expansion Tuesday afternoon, setting it up for yet another hearing in Cheyenne.
The 9-5 vote came after a full day of hearings and testimony punctuated with emotional appeals from Wyoming residents urging lawmakers to revive last session’s House Bill 162 – Medical treatment opportunity act, in a future session.
How the 66th Wyoming Legislature will convene this year will look different, but the plan approved Tuesday reflects what both houses deemed appropriate given the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
âIt puts us on a good foot forward knowing that, as a majority at least, we respect the health and safety of both our staff and our public,â said Democrat Mike Yin, who represents Jackson in the Wyoming House of Representatives. âItâs a good thing that there wasnât a ton of drama today.â
With the exception of Senate President Dan Dockstader, who presided over the first day of the session from the Capitol in Cheyenne, every legislator who represents part of Teton County dialed in remotely for what ended up being a largely ceremonial event. It was capped off by an abbreviated âstate of the stateâ speech from Gov. Mark Gordon, who outlined his intent to bolster Wyomingâs role in the U.S. economy as an energy producer of fossil fuels, nuclear energy a
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