Legislators debate who should shape Wyoming health care system

CHEYENNE — Lawmakers spent Monday morning debating which experts — if any — should be allowed to shape Wyoming’s health care system.

At an interim meeting in Afton, the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee heard a recommendation from Gov. Mark Gordon and his Health Task Force to establish a permanent Wyoming Healthcare Authority that would explore health care policy recommendations, according to Jen Davis, senior policy advisor for health and human services in Gordon’s office.

Creation of the Healthcare Authority falls just behind maternity health care and child care issues on the...