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Wyoming Urges Preparation For Insurance Changes

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:24 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — State Insurance Commissioner Tim Hirsig is urging Wyoming businesses to prepare for federal health care law requirements so they do not face unnecessary fines.

Many of the new health insurance requirements under the Affordable Care Act will take effect Jan

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Full Beds Force Casper Hospital to Divert Patients

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:18:26 +0000

Wyoming Medical Center in Casper has had to turn away patients from outside Natrona County at times this winter because it didn't have enough free beds.

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Red States, Too, Get Health Care Nod From Obama

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:33:02 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some bipartisan cooperation may finally be breaking out in the nation's contentious battle over health care overhaul.

The Obama administration announced Thursday that four red states are on the list of those getting the initial go-ahead to build their own health insurance marketplaces

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Health Care In Transition; This Week On Report To Wyoming

Karen Snyder — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:43:58 +0000

This Sunday on Report to Wyoming; the state of Wyoming's transitioning health care system.

"It's an exciting time to be in health care. It's very scary, but it's very exciting and we're gonna have to change the status quo, the way we do business

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Wyoming Medical Center Featured Speakers At Patient Safety Summit [AUDIO]

Karen Snyder — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:23:31 +0000

On Friday leaders from Wyoming Medical Center (WMC) will serve as the featured luncheon speakers at the first-ever statewide Wyoming Patient Safety Summit. The event, hosted by the Wyoming Medical Society and the Wyoming Hospital Association, focuses on improved patient safety measures in healthcare settings

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Medicaid Public Forum Thursday

Karen Snyder — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:12:24 +0000

If your on Medicaid, a Medicaid provider or social service agency the Wyoming Department of Health would like to hear from you.

They're hosting a series of public forums around the state, including one this Thursday in Casper. They're asking for input on how to make Wyoming's Medicaid

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Wyoming Senators Vow Health Care Repeal Effort

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:33:21 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barrasso say the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the health care law doesn't change their stance that the law is bad policy that must be overturned

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Countdown To Health Care Ruling

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:39:59 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stakes are huge as the anticipation grows for today's announcement of the Supreme Court's decision on the health care overhaul, but no matter what the court decides, it's unlikely to be the final word

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Biden Confident High Court Will Affirm Health Care

Associated Press — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:23:11 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he's confident the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of the health care law.

Biden says in an interview taped for CBS's "Face the Nation" that "we think the mandate and the law are constitutional and we think the court will rule that way

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Court Takes Health Care Case Behind Closed Doors

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:38:02 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices

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Town Hall Meetings Stave Off Obamacare [AUDIO]

Daniel Sandoval — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:52:10 +0000

There was a capacity crowd at a town hall meeting to discuss a possible health exchange Tuesday evening in Evansville.

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Wyo. Pilot Program For Health Care At Crossroads

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:37:55 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers must decide whether to increase funding for a health care pilot program that supporters say could offer the state a cheaper alternative to Medicaid.

Casper Republican Sen

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Court Schedules Week Of Health Care Arguments

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:15:59 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will use an unprecedented week's worth of argument time in late March to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul before the 2012 presidential elections

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Wyoming Medical Center CEO, Vickie Diamond, This Sunday On Report To Wyoming

Karen Snyder — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:58:55 +0000

Last month Wyoming Medical Center's CEO, Vickie Diamond, announced far reaching management changes for the hospital.

This week on Report to Wyoming she talks about those changes put in place largely to offset cuts in funding

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Connecticut Becomes First State to Mandate Paid Sick Time

Grace Niemitalo — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:00:43 +0000

In a move watched carefully by some 20 cities and states, Connecticut has become the first state in the nation to mandate paid sick days for workers.

The bill, signed by Governor Dannel Malloy earlier this month, covers only hourly service workers at companies with more than 50 employees and excludes manufacturers and some others.

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Health Insurance Exchanges Biggest Help To Rural America

Karen Snyder — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:13:08 +0000

Wyoming News Network

A new report about the coming “health insurance exchanges,” as part of federal health care reform, says the first thing everyone in Wyoming needs to know is - think of them as marketplaces, not exchanges. There could be confusion with the word "exchange" because a private company already uses that term for an insurance-selling portal in Wyoming. The Center for Rural Affairs study examined who is expected to benefit the most from the yet-to-come marketplaces.

K2 Radio » health care

Wyoming Urges Preparation For Insurance Changes

Full Beds Force Casper Hospital to Divert Patients

Red States, Too, Get Health Care Nod From Obama

Health Care In Transition; This Week On Report To Wyoming

Wyoming Medical Center Featured Speakers At Patient Safety Summit [AUDIO]

Medicaid Public Forum Thursday

Wyoming Senators Vow Health Care Repeal Effort

Countdown To Health Care Ruling

Biden Confident High Court Will Affirm Health Care

Court Takes Health Care Case Behind Closed Doors

Town Hall Meetings Stave Off Obamacare [AUDIO]

Wyo. Pilot Program For Health Care At Crossroads

Court Schedules Week Of Health Care Arguments

Wyoming Medical Center CEO, Vickie Diamond, This Sunday On Report To Wyoming

Connecticut Becomes First State to Mandate Paid Sick Time

Health Insurance Exchanges Biggest Help To Rural America

Legislative Report: Health Care Debate [AUDIO]