Experts: Medicaid expansion critical to saving Wyoming’s health care industry
By Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Casper resident Angie Dax sat on the edge of her bed with a bottle of pills in her hand. She resisted the urge to swallow the entire…
Session hits halfway point
By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange The Legislature wrapped up its fourth week in session on Friday, finishing up final budget amendments despite a power outage at the Wyoming Capitol. The end of the week marked…
Medicaid expansion clears House committee
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —A bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to more people for the next two years was given its first approval Thursday morning in the House Revenue Committee, but not…
Medicaid postpartum coverage bill moves forward by one vote
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE —The future of a bill in the Wyoming Legislature that extends Medicaid coverage for residents up to a full year postpartum was determined by one vote on Friday. Members…
Legislature rejects Medicaid expansion
By Jasmine Hall and Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange 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…
Medicaid expansion bill not introduced; issue not dead
By Carrie Haderlie Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange 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…
Barrasso says caution needed in Medicaid expansion debate
By Clair McFarland Riverton Ranger Via- Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso thinks Wyoming should decide against expanding Medicaid. Acknowledging that the decision is a matter for state government, not the U.S. Senate, Wyoming’s senior senator said…
Medicaid expansion would create almost 2,000 jobs, study says
By Morgan Hughes Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Expanding Medicaid could create nearly 2,000 Wyoming jobs and grow the state’s overall economic output by $1.5 billion in five years, according to a new report published Thursday. The report…
Committee votes to advance Medicaid expansion bill
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State lawmakers on the Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to move forward with a bill authorizing Gov. Mark Gordon to expand Medicaid coverage in Wyoming. If…
Lawmakers to consider Medicaid expansion again
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Medicaid expansion could be back up for debate in the Wyoming Legislature’s 2020 session, as lawmakers will consider a bill to expand the program during a Joint Revenue…