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The Number Of Kids Without Health Insurance Is Going Up

By • Dec 7, 2018

The number of uninsured children across the country has increased for the first time in more than a decade.


Medicaid Expansion Defeated...Again

By • Feb 21, 2014
DHHS

The State Senate easily defeated a proposed budget amendment that would expand Medicaid Services in the state by a vote of 21 to 9.  Laramie Democrat Chris Rothfuss says it’s a chance to bring health care to over 17 thousand people in the state.  Senate Health and Labor Chairman Charles Scott continued his opposition to Medicaid expansion by saying that it will encourage people to over utilize health care.  Rothfuss says his proposal actually would address that.

Health insurance mandate looming, uninsured Wyomingites worry about federal exchange offerings

By • Sep 13, 2013
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Roughly a quarter of Teton County residents are living without health insurance. It's the worst rate of health coverage in the state. Beginning in October, those uninsured residents will have a new opportunity to get health insurance through a federally-operated exchange, or marketplace. Wyoming Public Radio's Rebecca Huntington has more.

REBECCA HUNTINGTON: Dana Gatt is a massage therapist. She's putting towels in a warmer to get ready for her next client.