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.
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November 2, 2012 A series of meetings to give hunters in the Laramie region the opportunity to comment on big game and upland bird seasons kicks off on Monday with a meeting in Cheyenne. A division of the Wyoming Department of Health has officially changed it's name, according to spokeswoman Kim Deti. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
October 9, 2012
September 4, 2012 September is National Preparedness Month and the Wyoming Department of Health is encouraging residents to consider joining a local Medical Reserve Corps unit. Angelyn Mayes, state Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, says Community-based Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units are a specialized, health-related component of Citizen Corps, a national network of hometown security volunteers.
The Wyoming Department of Health has launched a website a telephone line to allow state residents to report suspected medicaid fraud. A resource guide is available for Wyoming landowners with information ranging from soil and forest issues to septic systems and growing local food. Doug Randall reports.Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
May 28, 2012
May 17, 2012 An attorney for a Sheridan teenager serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for a 2009 home invasion killing urged the Wyoming Supreme Court to find the teen's sentence unconstitutional. Doug Randall has the story. The Wyoming Department of Health is changing the way substance abuse and suicide prevention funding is managed and distributed across the state. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
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