State lawmakers on the Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to move forward with a bill authorizing Governor Mark Gordon to expand Medicaid coverage in Wyoming. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that if approved by the full Legislature next year, the bill would allow for expanding Medicaid to uninsured people whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. An estimated 19,000 people in Wyoming would be newly covered within 24 months of the expansion, according to recent estimates from the state Department of Health. Wyoming would cover 10% of the costs associated with expansion, a total of about $18 million in general funds during the first biennium of implementation. The federal government would pick up the remaining expense under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Because the 2020 legislative session will be focused on the state’s budget, the Medicaid expansion bill will need to gain two-thirds approval from its house of origin to be referred to a committee.
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