Medicaid
Wyoming lawmakers aim to improve pregnancy outcomes for moms and their babies. The item is the top interim priority for the Joint Health, Labor and Social Services Committee, which took it up during a meeting last week in Riverton.
One potential solution involves extending postpartum Medicaid...
CHEYENNE — Attempts were made in both chambers of the Wyoming Legislature on Friday to amend the 2023- 24 biennium budget to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 20,000 residents without health insurance.
Both failed.
In the Senate, amendment author Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, tried to appeal to...
CHEYENNE — The full Wyoming Senate wasn’t able to vote on a Medicaid expansion amendment to the budget bill Wednesday night after the Rules Committee declared it unconstitutional.
Medicaid expansion has been a long-term effort by advocates such as Better Wyoming and the Healthy Wyoming Coalition,...
CHEYENNE —Lawmakers in the House failed to introduce a bill on the floor by Friday’s deadline that would have expanded Medicaid coverage for Wyoming residents. But that doesn’t mean the issue is dead for this session.
House Bill 20, “Medical treatment opportunity act,” would have needed 40 votes...
CASPER — Wyoming’s economy took a $2 billion roller coaster ride in 2021. The $1 billion deficit the state expected at the start of the year became a $1.4 billion surplus as energy demand came roaring back and federal relief poured in.
As the state’s finances changed, so did voters’ preferences,...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow the vaccine mandate for health care facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid money, Weston County Health Services employees have until Jan. 27 to get vaccinated, unless an exemption has been approved, according to CEO...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Health Services board of trustees will review and vote on a vaccine mandate policy on Thursday, Nov. 18, after the release of mandate regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, commonly referred to as CMS.
During a Monday...
Johnson County officials fear school, hospital staffs will quit due to vax mandate
By Alex Hargrave
Buffalo Bulletin
Via Wyoming News Exchange
BUFFALO — Johnson County Healthcare Center is preparing for an impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its employees after the Biden administration...
One bill emerges from special session
By Jasmine Hall
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CHEYENNE — One bill dedicated to fighting the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate emerged Wednesday evening as the Wyoming Legislature ended a seven-day special session.
House Bill 1002 was...
Poll: Medicaid expansion popular
By Morgan Hughes
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER —A new poll commissioned by four nonprofits shows significant support for Medicaid Expansion in Wyoming, a government health insurance assistance program for those who can’t afford insurance...
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