April 15, 2013 Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is facing the loss of as much as $7 million annually due to Medicare cuts. CRMC CEO Dr. John Lucas says other funding cuts could double that amount.
Lucas says the Legislature's decision not to participate in the voluntary expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is one factor in the possible funding cuts
December 9, 2012 A new report from the Wyoming Department of Health says that expanding Wyoming Medicaid as encouraged by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) could reduce the number of uninsured residents and save the state more than $47 Million over the next six years.
Department of Health Director Tom F
November 19, 2012 Wyoming Senator John Barrasso says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is ''not prepared to answer questions" from states about implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Barrasso also says it appears to him that Sebelius hasn't given much thought to the implementation of the act
November 9, 2012
July 11, 2012 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says provisions of the Affordable Care Act cracking down on medicare fraud are helping to make the program more financially solvent. Governor Matt Mead announced that residents living in the Pavillion East Water Supply Project Area, which is near the town of Pavillion, will receive water cistern systems. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
June 29, 2012 A national trial advocacy group is praising the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act. Doug Randall reports. The Medicine Bow National Forest in southeast Wyoming is seeing its third wildfire of the season. Spokesman Larry Sandoval says the 5,000 acre Arapaho fire is the second so far in the Laramie peak area in northern Albany County. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
May 9, 2012 A new report from Families USA says tax credits included in the Affordable Care Act could help millions of small businesses offer health coverage for their employees.
March 16, 2012 The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality will host the second Upper Green River Basin Air Quality Citizen's Advisory Task Force meeting next week. Amy Richards has a report. A spokesman for the National Federation of Independent Businesses was in Cheyenne this week to talk about the Affordable Care Act. Bob Grayboyes says the law is likely to actually increase healthcare costs and is generally bad for small businesses. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
Contracts totaling $21.4 million for eight highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its December meeting in Jackson. Doug Randall reports. The Department of Health and Human Services Friday released a bulletin outlining proposed policies that will give states more flexibility and freedom to implement the Affordable Care Act. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
