HELPFUL TIPS FOR WRITING THE SENATE LABOR HEALTH COMMITTEE

You’ll write your message in the text box on Step 2, where it says “Personalize your message.”
Your message will be delivered individually to each member of the Senate Labor Health Committee.
Don’t click the “Send message” button until you write your message.
REMEMBER TO DELETE THE TEXT THAT SAYS “[DELETE THIS TEXT AND INSERT YOUR MESSAGE HERE]”

Have questions? Check out this video tutorial about using Better Wyoming forms to write your legislators.

YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD HAVE THREE SHORT PARTS:

Make sure to tell them you’re a Wyoming voter.

My name is ____. I live in _____ and I’m a Wyoming voter.

I’m writing today to ask you to vote “Yes” on Senate File 154 to update Wyoming’s Medicaid program and extend coverage to low-income adults.

[This is where you can add a sentence or two about why updating Medicaid and healthcare access in general is important to you.]

PRO TIPS

Keep it brief: Lawmakers are extremely busy during the legislative session. If you write them a novel, they’re not going to read it.

Change the message subject: This will let them know your email is not spam.

Maybe mention a few of these things in your message.

Congress is preparing to pass a COVID-19 relief package that includes additional funding for states that update their Medicaid programs. Wyoming would become eligible to receive enough federal funds to extend Medicaid coverage to low-income residents without any additional spending by the state.
There is no longer a financial argument against updating our Medicaid program. The $120 million Wyoming would receive would cover the state’s portion of the 90-10 cost split (roughly $10 million) for more than a decade.
States that have already updated their Medicaid programs have seen economic improvements.
The Wyoming Department of Health estimates that 25,000 residents would gain insurance coverage if we update our Medicaid program.
The people would qualify for coverage are mostly low-income workers—for instance, a single parent making $12 an hour.
Roughly 6,000 people in Wyoming have lost their job-based insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The relief funding would dramatically help during our budget crisis
Extending Medicaid to low-income residents would drive down uncompensated care costs at our hospitals and rural clinics, create healthcare jobs, decrease premiums in the state, and help create a healthier Wyoming.