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PJ O'Rourke Choosing to expand Medicaid is like deciding to marry for the sake of a dream honeymoon when disillusionment is the likely outcome. Fortunately, seven members of the Joint Appropriations Committee rescued Wyoming from a looming and ill-conceived ... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-is-safe-from-medicaid-expansion-but-could-it-rise-again) ## \[Medicaid’s Flimsy Math\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-s-flimsy-math) Tuesday, 22 December 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi The director of Wyoming's Department of Health, Tom Forslund, recently sat down before the Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) to make his plea for more spending. The biggest item by far on the agency's wish list was Medicaid Expansion, costing a whopping $268 million. How did he try selling such an expensive line item to the JAC... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-s-flimsy-math) ## \[Medicaid Expansion and Hollow Promises\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-and-hollow-promises) Thursday, 10 December 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Supporters of Medicaid Expansion, including Governor Matt Mead, express an unwavering belief that the federal government will actually fund this entitlement as promised. Yet Washington's promises often become unfunded mandates. Even before the end of this year it is likely that Congress will cut federal funding for Medicaid Expans... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-and-hollow-promises) ## \[The Uncompensated Care Scam\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-uncompensated-care-scam) Friday, 20 November 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Medicaid's allies are gearing up their expansion drive for the 2016 budget session. As usual, they're trying to convince Wyomingites that they will save big if government spends more of their money. We've heard this story before. Governor Mead, Wyoming's Hospital Association and the Department of Health all claim that Wyoming's un... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-uncompensated-care-scam) ## \[WINhealth Loses Under Obamacare: A Cautionary Tale\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) Thursday, 15 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi With just a few weeks until open enrollment, WINhealth has decided to leave Wyoming's health insurance exchange. The insurer hoped that Obamacare's federal bailout fund would pay for its losses. However, it only paid insurers a fraction of what it promised. Wyoming legislators rejected Medicaid expansion last year because they wor... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) ## \[Mead’s Latest Medicaid Gambit\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Friday, 09 October 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi No single provision of Obamacare has been more disastrous than Medicaid Expansion. It's cost taxpayers billions more than promised and hurt the very people it was intended to help. Now Governor Mead wants to try yet again to expand this ruinous government program in Wyoming. Following an event at an oil recovery facility in Rivert... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) ## \[Medicaid Expansion Is An Empty Promise\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-is-an-empty-promise) Wednesday, 13 May 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) !\[\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/530/b2ap3\_large\_IDEA-Graph-e1431535070466.png) by Charles Katebi When progressives make the case for Medicaid Expansion, without fail they remind their listeners that the federal government has pledged to cover 90 percent of the cost of expansion. But a report from the Foundation for Government Accountability sheds light on just how empty the federal government's promises really are. On multipl... \[ Continue reading\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-is-an-empty-promise) ## \[Is Medicaid Expansion Still Voluntary?\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/is-medicaid-expansion-still-voluntary) Wednesday, 06 May 2015 \[Wyliberty\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/current-posts/blogger/derrickcook) \[Health Care\](https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Throughout the debate to expand Medicaid during the 2015 Legislative Session, opponents repeatedly claimed that the federal government couldn't be trusted to keep its promise to cover 90 percent of Medicaid Expansion's costs. 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