Medicaid

"Waiver” refers to “waiving” certain provisions of the Social Security Act, which governs Medicaid programs.

The Wyoming Department of Health recently announced that some Medicaid clients on the receiving end of a text message scam.

Numerous Medicaid expansion bills have been filed in the legislature repeatedly in recent years without ever winning final approval.

Supporters have argued that expanding the program would bring in millions of dollars of federal money to the state.

Several high-profile bills face potentially decisive votes in the Wyoming Legislature today.

Wyoming lawmakers have rejected several proposals to expand Medicaid in the state over the last few years.

The case started last summer when the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation was investigating a drug trafficking organization in Wyoming and Colorado.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center says reports that they can't treat Medicare and Medicaid patients simply aren't true.

The survey, conducted by UW's Department of Political Science in partnership with the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center, has been repeated before every general election since 1972.

Governor Matt Mead issued a statement Friday evening in response to the State Senate's vote to reject Medicaid expansion in Wyoming. Here is the full statement: “The Medicaid expansion amendment to the budget failed. We will not provide health care coverage for 20,000 Wyoming citizens... Read More ...

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is making another plea for state lawmakers to expand the Medicaid program, a move that would offer subsidized insurance coverage to about 20,000 low-income adults.

Ivinson Memorial Hospital CEO Doug Faus stopped by the Laramie Live morning show to discuss the Joint Appropriations Committee's recent 7-5 vote to remove Gov. Matt Mead's suggestion to expand Medicaid from the upcoming state budget. Faus said previously that Medicaid expansion would provide insurance to roughly 20,000 Wyomingites...