The Wyoming Department of Health may study the option to permit all Wyomingites to join the state's health insurance plan, according to Casper Star Tribune.
Here are five observations:
1. On Feb. 10, the Joint Appropriation Committee, the first group of legislators to draft the state budget, voted in favor of adding the study to the budget bill.
2. Legislators implore the Health Department to include a breakdown of the coverage in Wyoming in its report.
3. It is unclear whether residents would have to pay the entire monthly cost of insurance or if the state would subsidize residents.
4. Gov. Matt Mead and a coalition of business and healthcare groups are calling for an expansion of Medicaid to cover 20,000 low-income state residents. However, the Appropriations Committee has resisted Medicaid expansion.
5. Appropriations Chairman Sen. Steve Harshman, R-Casper, said the study "has nothing to do with Medicaid expansion."
More articles on coding & billing:
Texas Medical Association sends Zika alert to physicians: 3 observations
Iowa Senate votes to repeal governor's Medicaid plan — 6 highlights
70% of payers lost money on individual health plans in 2015 — 4 key points