Lawmakers look to repeal Medicaid expansion despite voter support
Idaho voters gave the green light to Medicaid expansion, giving health insurance to folks who can’t get traditional Medicaid. Now, though, some lawmakers say the program will cost the state close to $100 million this year and want to repeal the program.
Idaho lawmakers trying to repeal Medicaid expansion
The committee voted on party lines to introduce the bill, known as voting “to print,” with the two Democrats voting against it.
Idaho House introduces Medicaid expansion repeal bill
Idaho Republican lawmakers on Friday introduced a bill to repeal a voter-passed law to expand Medicaid. Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee Chairman John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, presented the bill — House Bill 58 — which lists Idaho House Assistant Majority Leader Josh Tanner,
Bill to repeal Medicaid expansion introduced
Idaho lawmakers are trying again to repeal Medicaid expansion, which would revoke health coverage for around 90,000 Idahoans.
Two Republican Medicaid expansion bills advance, one from Democrats is tabled
Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to Rep. Ed Buttrey, sponsoring one bill to continue the program. “Our program is a budget savings to the general fund,
Ambitious Democratic proposal for Medicaid expansion dies just weeks into session
A lofty Democratic effort to overhaul Medicaid expansion was tabled on Tuesday, just four weeks into the legislative session. Other Republican-backed proposals remain.
New bipartisan bill to expand Medicaid faces difficult path
Democrats in the state legislature are making another attempt this session to extend health insurance to more Georgians under Medicaid coverage — and this time, four Republicans have already signed on,
Medicaid advocates ask congressional delegation not to support cuts to program
A group of Idahoans are calling on the state's leaders to protect Medicaid as conversations around cuts in Washington D.C. continue.
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Idaho again looks to curtail Medicaid
BOISE — Idaho lawmakers are trying again to repeal Medicaid expansion, which would revoke health coverage for around 90,000 ...
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Idaho bill could bolster fraud detection in IDHW benefit programs
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Rural Idaho Hispanics struggle to find doctors as health care gaps widen
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Bill introduced to repeal medicaid expansion
A bill to repeal Medicaid Expansion, the voter initiative passed back in 2018 has been presented at the statehouse.Rep. John ...