Medicaid

The Wyoming Senate has voted down a bill endorsed by an interim legislative committee that would have allowed the expansion of the Medicaid program in the state.

Herrera calls Medicaid the "pacman of the budget" because it currently comprises about 15 percent of the budget and is projected to grow by about 8 percent per year.

A Wyoming legislative committee plans to vote today on whether to endorse expansion of the Medicaid program in the state.

A Wyoming legislative committee is set to hear possible options for expanding the Medicaid program in the state.

A new study has found that previously uninsured people who were given health coverage through Medicaid used the emergency room 40 percent more than others who weren't able to join the program.

Wyoming Democrats are trying to turn up the heat on Gov. Matt Mead and other Republicans over their opposition to expanding Medicaid to cover 17,600 low-income adults in the state.

Two Democratic lawmakers questioned Gov. Matt Mead about his recommendation that Wyoming not expand Medicaid to offer health insurance to low-income adults.

Gov. Matt Mead is recommending that the Wyoming Legislature not expand Medicaid coverage to include about 16,000 low-income adults who lack health insurance.

A federal judge has sentenced an Evanston woman to serve five months home confinement and two years of probation following her guilty plea to committing health care fraud.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Despite the Wyoming Legislature's recent rejection of a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to 17,600 additional low-income adults, the state's Department of Health continues to study the possibility. Expanding Medicaid is a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, and the federal government has pledged to initially pay the total cost of the optional expansion that lawmakers reje