July 25th, 2021 Healthy Wyoming continues its work to expand Medicaid in Wyoming! The Wyoming Primary Care Association, Wyoming Medical Society, and Wyoming Hospital Association published a joint op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune, “Who benefits from Medicaid expansion? Everyone.” “Allowing Medicaid to cover the poorest and most vulnerable will improve health for all Wyomingites, …
When Marcie Kindred was a young mom in Cheyenne, she and her first husband clipped coupons and took extra shifts whenever they could to try and make ends meet. It was never enough. “I wanted to be a good mother and provide all the opportunities and support to my children that I received from my …
Marcie Kindred: Sharing stories, building community Read More »
April 16, 2021 The People’s Review: LIVE! audience heard some real talk last night about the recent legislative session, and ESPC coalition members reminded us not only how much work we still have to do to make Wyoming a better, more equitable place for everyone—but how much more powerful our voices are when we work …
The legislative wrap-up (Or: please get involved!) Read More »
April 9, 2021 Powerful grassroots momentum helped garner broad, historic support for a number of important bills at this year’s legislative session, including a bill to expand Medicaid eligibility and one to repeal the death penalty in the state. Next week, policy experts and advocates from the ACLU of Wyoming, the Wyoming Outdoor Council, the Wyoming …
People’s Review: LIVE! What happened in Cheyenne? Read More »
March 31, 2021
We wanted to share the same thank you message that Healthy Wyoming offered up on their website in the wake of the historic advances and ultimate defeat of Medicaid expansion in the 66th Wyoming Legislature. Read on.
March 25, 2021 Education funding is one of the most significant topics during the 2021 legislative session. With a $300 million structural deficit, the discussion has focused largely on proposed cuts to education—the subject of much debate since the last interim. The numerous iterations and proposals to solve the education funding deficit began with House …
An update on education funding from the Wyoming Education Association Read More »
UPDATE 3/24/21: HB 162 PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE! Check out how your rep. voted today and please send them a note of thanks if they were in support! Ayes: Representative(s) Banks, Barlow, Brown, Clifford, Connolly, Crago, Duncan, Eklund, Eyre, Harshman, Henderson, Kinner, Larsen, L, Macguire, Martinez, Newsome, Nicholas, Oakley, Obermueller, O’hearn, Olsen, Paxton, Provenza, Roscoe, …
Say THANK YOU to the Representatives Who Said YES to Medicaid Expansion! Read More »
March 18, 2021 CHEYENNE—Tonight the House Revenue Committee passed House Bill 162, a bill that will increase access to Medicaid for thousands of low-income, hard-working Wyoming residents who are currently uninsured. Healthy Wyoming, a coalition of dozens of groups across working to expand the Medicaid health insurance program in Wyoming, has worked tirelessly to advance bills in …
When all of us here at ESPC paused recently to take stock of what your support accomplished for the people of Wyoming in 2020—a year filled with challenges—we were truly blown away. I hope you’ll read our inaugural impact report and feel as proud as we are of what you helped us achieve for Wyoming! …
January 28, 2021
CHEYENNE, WYO. – The Wyoming Legislature has convened amidst a pandemic that is straining the state’s medical infrastructure, as well as an economic downturn that is causing thousands of working people in Wyoming to lose their jobs—and, in turn, their health insurance.