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The government has nothing to do with your health, that's your own responsibility. being informed of the true facts of potential illness is on your family and you. So much of healthcare is conflated with insurance and... Healthcare has many different aspects, but fundamentally all people need support for securing their health and well being. The government has nothing to do with your health, that's your own responsibility. being informed of the true facts of potential illness is on your family and you. So much of healthcare is conflated with insurance and costs, policy should develop firm guidelines and regulation for the industry: BUT they should not be institutionalizing insurance and healthcare programs that squash the freedom the free market gives us when choosing our healthcare plans. \[More\](https://www.wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Saying No to Medicaid Expansion Saves Hospitals and Lives\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/saying-no-to-medicaid-expansion-saves-hospitals-and-lives) Friday, 05 February 2016 \[Health Care\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi After seeing Wyoming's Hospital Association fight tooth and nail for Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, you'd think Medicaid expansion left hospitals in other states flush with cash. The reality is that Medicaid expansion has significantly cut hospital compensation, resulting in longer wait times and less services for the very patien... \[ Continue reading\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/saying-no-to-medicaid-expansion-saves-hospitals-and-lives) ## \[Wyoming Rejects Medicaid Expansion\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-rejects-medicaid-expansion) Friday, 29 January 2016 \[Health Care\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) <a> !\[\](https://www.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/778/b2ap3\_large\_Medicaid-costs.png) </a>by Charles Katebi For four years, supporters of Medicaid expansion urged our elected representatives to permanently commit Wyoming to this entitlement program. And for the fourth year in a row, Wyoming's Joint Appropriations Committee, or JAC, responded with a resounding "No." Governor Matt Mead and Wyoming's biggest healthcare institutions claimed... \[ Continue reading\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-rejects-medicaid-expansion) ## \[Wyoming Is Safe from Medicaid Expansion – But Could it Rise Again?\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-is-safe-from-medicaid-expansion-but-could-it-rise-again) Tuesday, 26 January 2016 \[Health Care\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. 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://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/wyoming-is-safe-from-medicaid-expansion-but-could-it-rise-again) ## \[Medicaid’s Flimsy Math\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-s-flimsy-math) Tuesday, 22 December 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.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://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-s-flimsy-math) ## \[Medicaid Expansion and Hollow Promises\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-and-hollow-promises) Thursday, 10 December 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.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://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/medicaid-expansion-and-hollow-promises) ## \[The Doctor Won’t Be Seeing You\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-doctor-won-t-be-seeing-you) Friday, 04 December 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Obamacare's supporters seem to believe that if you give patients insurance, doctors will treat them. But greater access to health insurance doesn't mean greater access to healthcare. As patients scour Obamacare's insurance exchange for coverage, they're finding fewer doctors accepting Obamacare's insurance as payment. And those th... \[ Continue reading\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-doctor-won-t-be-seeing-you) ## \[The Uncompensated Care Scam\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-uncompensated-care-scam) Friday, 20 November 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.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://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/the-uncompensated-care-scam) ## \[Obamacare’s Slow Throttling of Patients and Insurers\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/obamacare-s-slow-throttling-of-patients-and-insurers) Thursday, 12 November 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care) by Charles Katebi Since Obamacare took effect in 2013, the cost of health insurance has exploded. Turns out it's very costly for the insurers themselves and some are paying the ultimate price. In early October, one of those insurers, WINhealth, announced it faced severe financial challenges and was leaving the Obamacare exchange. Just 11 days later... \[ Continue reading\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/obamacare-s-slow-throttling-of-patients-and-insurers) ## \[WINhealth Loses Under Obamacare: A Cautionary Tale\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) Thursday, 15 October 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.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://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/winhealth-loses-under-obamacare-a-cautionary-tale) ## \[Mead’s Latest Medicaid Gambit\](https://www.wyliberty.org/blog/health-care/mead-s-latest-medicaid-gambit) Friday, 09 October 2015 \[Health Care\](https://www.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. 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