health care

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Lies about health care reform are coming home to roost

April 9, 2013

No one is completely satisfied with the Affordable Care Act, nor should they be, but the law is having positive impacts for Wyoming health care.

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Wyoming reactions to Supreme Court ruling on health care

June 28, 2012

On Thursday June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law in a 5-4 ruling. Wyoming was one of several …

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Hot Flash Rush

by The Sage Grouse March 13, 2012 March 13, 2012

Hey Rush: don’t I remember you had a hydrocodone dependence problem? I bet the pills and the rehab, unsuccessful, were covered by health insurance. And …

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Wyoming cautiously reviews insurance exchanges

January 17, 2012

There are approximately 83,000 uninsured people in Wyoming — a situation that puts families at risk of illness, bankruptcy and death — and an insurance …

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Mead sets seven town halls to solicit ideas on health care

January 4, 2012

Mead sets seven town halls to solicit ideas on health care
Gov. Matt Mead has set seven town hall meetings to solicit ideas from citizens on …

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Unsung Heroes of Compassion

by The Sage Grouse July 26, 2011 July 26, 2011

In the course of the flight she mentioned that there was only one surgeon in eastern Bhutan, Lotay Tshering, who was constantly on the road …

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Death Panels

by The Sage Grouse January 31, 2011 January 31, 2011

There are debates out there about euthanasia. But we are not there, folks. “Obamacare” nowhere approaches this topic. The bill provided for payments to professionals …