Management Council forms bipartisan task force to study private health‑insurance affordability
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Summary
Representative Lloyd Larson won approval to form a bipartisan interim task force to study high private insurance premiums and explore policy options; LSO and executive agencies will participate and appointments will be submitted.
Management Council members approved creation of a bipartisan task force charged with examining private health‑insurance affordability during the interim. Representative Lloyd Larson presented constituent examples of very high premiums and asked for a short, focused study that includes the Insurance Commission, Department of Health, ANI, hospital representatives and the insurance industry.
Larson said some families quoted him as paying $4,200–$4,300 a month for comprehensive family coverage and explained that Wyoming’s published average premiums are lowered by large groups (for example, state and municipal plans). Several council members, including Representative Nyman and the Speaker, voiced support and cited the absence of this topic on other interim lists. The motion passed; three senators and three representatives will be appointed and LSO will convene the task force.
The council asked that the Insurance Commission, Department of Health, ANI and stakeholder groups (hospital association, insurers) participate. LSO will accept legislative appointments for the task force and arrange meetings over the interim; the group is expected to return recommendations or options for further action.
Provenance: Representative Larson introduced the topic at SEG 1030; the motion carried at SEG 1230–1240.
