Medicaid expansion

The third and decisive Wyoming Senate vote on a proposal to expand Medicaid has been postponed until Friday.

A bill to expand Medicaid to about 17,600 low income state residents will move ahead to the full Senate despite a negative committee vote on Thursday.

As state lawmakers prepare to hold a hearing on proposals to expand Medicaid in Wyoming on Monday Morning, both supporters and opponents are making their case;

There are a few different thoughts on this subject as to why Wyoming should answer Governor Meads call to expand Medicaid. Here is what businesses are saying.

Lawmakers in both chambers continue to work bills as the third week of the four week session winds down.

"Katie's Law" is named in memory of Kathryn Sepich, a New Mexico State University student murdered in 2003. Her killer was identified with DNA evidence after he was convicted of another crime.

A medicaid bill passes introduction in the Senate, while a different Medicaid bill dies in the House.

A medicaid expansion bill fails introduction in the Senate. An Early Childhood education bill fails in the house.

The federal government has pledged to pay 90 percent of the cost of expanding the coverage for the first few years.

The Wyoming Department of Health plans to continue studying the possibility of expanding the medicaid program this year despite the Legislature's rejection of adding to the rolls. Doug Randall has the details. Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis says the federal government cannot tax its way out of the budget challenges it faces. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.