CHEYENNE—Tonight the House Revenue Committee passed House Bill 162 a bill that will increase access to Medicaid for thousands of low-income, hard-working Wyoming residents who …
Continue ReadingGreat press coverage (thank you Sheridan Press!) highlighting the movement for MedEx
SHERIDAN — With only days left to introduce new bills in the Wyoming Senate, Sheridan County residents braved rainfall Monday night to draw attention to …
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 Medicaid relief for Wyoming: What’s happened, and what’s next
Federal COVID-19 relief funds have and will continue to provide critical help to Wyoming’s budget and people THE BASICS The Families First Coronavirus Response Act …
Continue ReadingRita Fatima shares the importance of Medicaid Expansion in Wyoming
Surviving cancer in Wyoming (without insurance)
Myra Garcia is one of tens of thousands of people in Wyoming who work jobs that don’t provide insurance and who can’t afford it through the Healthcare Marketplace.
When she found out she had stage-four cancer, Myra worried not only about her health and how to stay alive to care for her family, but also about the crippling financial burden.
Continue ReadingNew Funding for a Healthy Wyoming
Wyoming could receive $120 million and expand coverage to 25,000 uninsured
March 2, 2021 Media Contacts: Jan Cartwright, Wyoming Primary Care Association, jan@wypca.org, 307.631.5914 (c) Anastasia Marchese, Equality State Policy Center, anastasia@equalitystate.org, 615-945-5488 (c) Congress Proposes New Incentive …
Continue ReadingMedicaid Expansion: Research Shows It Saves Money & Lives
Are you curious what the research says about the benefits of expanding the Medicaid health insurance program? Well, you’re in luck! We have the studies …
Continue ReadingFederal Incentives for Expanding Medicaid
February 10, 2021 The Washington Post is reporting this morning that “major changes to Medicaid are included in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s stimulus …
Continue ReadingWY Dept of Health releases updated projections for Medicaid Expansion
On February 1, 2021, the Wyoming Department of Health released updated enrollment and cost projects for Medicaid Expansion in Wyoming. The full report is available online …
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