This Medicaid postpartum support for uninsured moms has existed for decades in Wyoming, but currently ends after 60 days; the new bill would extend coverage to 12 months after the birth of a baby.
A South Dakota woman convicted of defrauding Wyoming's Medicaid program has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $76,626.65 in restitution.
Governor Matt Mead announced recently the state won't meet an upcoming federal health care reform deadline that would specify whether Wyoming will establish its own health insurance exchange.
Mead says he wants more information, including how long the federal government will help pay for it...
The input-gathering stage of a Medicaid Option Study by the Wyoming Department of Health came to Casper Thursday.
The community forum posed eight questions aimed at eliciting ideas for change within the system. Casper's forum pulled in about 20 participants...