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AARP data suggests nursing home cases of COVID-19 could be on the rise shortly.
This column originally ran during the November 2021 edition of The AARP Wyoming News
This column originally ran in the Jan. 2022 edition of The AARP Wyoming News
This column originally appeared in AARP Wyoming's Jan. 2022 newsletter.
Does a COVID-19 vaccine mandate prohibition cut off Medicare funding for hospitals and health care providers? That question was one that was central to the debate during the Wyoming Legislature’s special session and may return during the 2022 Legislative Session in February.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s Strike Team is evaluating more than $3 billion in proposals to spend money given to the state from the federal government through the American Rescue Plan (ARPA). ARPA rules require all funds be obligated by the end of 2024 and spent by 2026.
Just weeks out of the Wyoming Legislature’s 2021 Special Session focused on vaccine mandates, it is easy to forget the heavy lift ahead of lawmakers during the scheduled 2022 budget session, which starts on Valentine’s Day.
After three months of low numbers of nursing home resident COVID-19 cases and deaths in Wyoming, things have taken a turn for the worse through the end of September and most of October, according to the latest AARP COVID-19 Nursing Home Dashboard.
Wyoming's nursing home staff are being vaccinated at low rates, according to AARP's Nursing Home Dashboard
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