The Share Plan: Wyoming’’s Medicaid Expansion Strategy For Health, Access, Responsibility, And Employment

On November 26, 2014, the Wyoming Department of Health released its recommendations for an alternative Medicaid expansion model, which will provide health coverage to 17,600 state residents. The model is called the “Strategy for Health Access, Responsibility, and Employment” (SHARE) Plan. It features an alternative benefit plan and a two-tier premium structure. The Wyoming legislature has not yet approved Medicaid expansion, but a 2014 amendment to the state Budget Bill directed DOH to research alternative expansion methods. During the 2015 legislative session, state lawmakers will vote on the SHARE Plan. If passed, a waiver will be submitted to . . .