Why Red Wyoming Seeks The Regulatory Approach To Air Ambulance Costs

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News)

Wyoming, the reddest of Republican states and a bastion of free enterprise, thinks it may have found a way to end crippling air ambulance bills that can top $100,000 per flight.

The state’s unexpected solution? Undercut the free market by using Medicaid to treat air ambulances like a public utility.  Continue reading article here…

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