“Medicaid was designed as a safety net for our nation’s poorest and sickest people,” Rep. Joe Pitts, R-PA, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, said during a hearing on March 18, 2013. “States are already struggling to serve this core population. “Increasingly, doctors simply can’t afford to...
Wyoming politicians, who support Medicaid Expansion, advocate for expansion saying that (1) the federal government will grant Wyoming a “trigger” which will allow Wyoming to shut down the expanded portion of Medicaid if the “trigger” is reached, and (2) if Wyoming does not expand Medicaid the money hardworking Wyoming...
Responsible regulation places limits on government not citizens, businesses and private property. … Government must be simple, fair and responsive to citizens.
Disciplined spending is our obligation to our future and that of our children and grandchildren. I will work to restore funding control to local governments…. It is no secret we are in a time of reduced revenue and face a structural deficit in our state budget due to undisciplined...