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Medicaid expansion budget amendment fails

CHEYENNE– Governor Matt Mead issued the following statement after the State Senate rejected an amendment to the budget bill that would have expanded Medicaid:

“The Medicaid expansion amendment to the budget failed. We will not provide health care coverage for 20,000 Wyoming citizens. Wyoming’s hospitals continue to struggle with the burden of uncompensated care. Millions of federal tax dollars pai...