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Another attempt to discuss Medicaid expansion at the State Legislature was shot down Wednesday night on the Senate floor.
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The Wyoming House and Senate will consider three abortion-related bills after they were approved by legislative committees.
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The Wyoming Senate is attempting to regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers that manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurers.
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Medicaid expansion has been a hot-button issue in Wyoming for years. Activists are pushing harder than ever to make Wyoming the next expansion state. And while expansion is popular among Wyoming residents, the state legislature has consistently opposed it. If it fails this year, activists say they'll make their voice heard at the polls and make another push in 2023.
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In Wyoming, the major effects of COVID-19 took hold several months after the initial discovery and rise in cases in other parts of the country. And while the state's hospitals have ebbed and flowed with patients since then, the impact and demands on the healthcare infrastructure has differed from place to place. Wyoming Public Radio's Hugh Cook reports on the situation at smaller hospitals in Johnson and Weston counties.
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About 96% of people now live within an hour of life-saving stroke care, but the Mountain West has the worst access in the country. That’s according to new research from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the federal health care worker coronavirus vaccine mandate to go through. A lower court had put the mandate on pause in late November. Now any employee, volunteer, or contractor working at health care facilities receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding have to be fully vaccinated or provide an exemption by Feb. 28. Leading Age and Wyoming Hospital Association President Eric Boley told Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska they expect to see staff shortages in hospitals and nursing homes border to border in the state.
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Omicron cases are surging across the Mountain West. In several states, more than 80% of ICU beds are filled. While these COVID-19 infections tend to have milder overall symptoms for individuals, they’re still landing people in the hospital and stressing health care systems and workers.
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Health care worker vaccine mandate presses forward while state worries of even worse staff shortagesLast week, the Supreme Court allowed the federal health care worker coronavirus vaccine mandate to go through. A lower court had put the mandate on pause in late November. Now any employee, volunteer or contractor working at health care facilities receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding has to be fully vaccinated, be tested weekly or provide an exemption by Feb. 28.
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In Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, less than 8% of qualifying households had taken advantage of a federal broadband subsidy. But an expansion in eligibility may mean an uptick in uptake.