Leading contractors responsible for the government's trouble-plagued health insurance website are saying the Obama administration shares responsibility for snags that have crippled the system.
Programmers building the Obama administration's showcase health insurance website say they were pressed for time and grew frustrated over last-minute changes to the system.
Only a handful of Wyoming residents have managed to enroll for health care coverage through the troubled federal insurance exchange network that kicked off three weeks ago.
The bill would prevent any spending on subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, projected to start in January 2014, until a process is put in place to verify the income and eligibility of people receiving those subsidies.
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...
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...
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...