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|Articles|January 31, 2015
Could Wyoming Expand Medicaid Next?
Lawmakers in Wyoming are working toward an agreement that would allow the state to accept hundreds of millions of federal dollars to expand the state's Medicaid program.
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Lawmakers in Wyoming are working toward an agreement that would allow the state to accept hundreds of millions of federal dollars to expand the state’s Medicaid program.
Members of the Republican-dominated legislature will meet Wednesday to craft a compromise between 2 competing measures that would allow an estimated 17,600 low-income Wyoming residents to gain coverage.
Neither proposal follows the standard Medicaid expansion adopted by Democratic-led states.
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