An official with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center says he doesn't understand why some state legislators don't want to accept federal money to expand the Medicaid program in Wyoming when they have no problem taking other federal funds.
The state’s failure to implement Medicaid expansion has aggravated a sharp rise in the uncompensated care written off by the Wyoming Medical Center, hospital officials said recently.
Laramie County Commissioner Troy Thompson says commissioners across the state are paying close attention to what the legislature does on funding for local governments and Medicaid expansion.