Health insurance enrollment in Wyoming continues to grow

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Federal records show that 17,800 people have enrolled in the Wyoming insurance exchange The number of people finding health insurance coverage through Wyoming’s exchange continues to grow. According to information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, some 17,800 people have enrolled in the state’s health insurance exchange during the most recent open enrollment period. Many people are coming to the exchange to find affordable coverage, the cost of which is being offset by the availability of subsidies from the federal government. State’s exchange manages to resolve its…

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Wyoming health insurance exchange may be a success

Wyoming Health Insurance

State’s insurance exchange is already showing promising results Wyoming’s health insurance exchange may be performing well. The exchange began open enrollment last month and since seem a surge of activity from those looking for affordable coverage. According to Stephen Goldstone, president and CEO of WINHealth, one of the insurer’s offering coverage through the exchange, WINHealth has had approximately 9,000 people enroll for coverage thus far in the open enrollment period. More people may find access to insurance coverage if state lawmakers decide to expand the Wyoming Medicaid program. Lawmakers debate…

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Health care reforms to be made quickly by Wyoming

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The state was waiting on the election results to make its decisions, and now it must act fast. Officials in Wyoming were waiting to make their health care reforms decisions until after the presidential election results were released, so that they could know that they were basing their choices on a system that would continue to be in tact into the future. Now that they know that President Obama has won the election, they must make their choices soon. One of the major issues that the state officials will need…

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Wyoming looks to build its own health insurance exchange

Wyoming has taken its first tentative steps in building its own health insurance exchange. The state has launched the Wyoming Health Benefits Exchange Steering Committee. The members of the committee are tasked to examine the benefits and failings of an exchange program and determine how the state can successfully implement such system. While the federal health care law is shrouded in uncertainty as it awaits a constitutionality ruling from the Supreme Court, Wyoming legislators are not willing to spend more time speculating on the exchange. According to federal law, each…

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