‘One accident away from bankruptcy’: Idaho House passes bill to gut Medicaid expansion
When a bill that could slash health care coverage for tens of thousands of low-income Idahoans was introduced in the ...
Chaos erupts at Idaho legislative town hall, woman pulled from seat and dragged out
The woman refused to leave the meeting after speaking out against the possible repeal of Medicaid expansion and other bills ...
Idaho bill that could repeal Medicaid expansion advances to House, despite negative public testimony
If 11 Medicaid policy changes aren’t approved in Idaho, Rep. Jordan Redman’s bill would repeal voter-approved Medicaid ...
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Opinion: Medicaid expansion repeal by another name
On Wednesday, the Idaho House Health and Welfare committee voted 8-7 to send H 138, a so-called Medicaid expansion ‘reform’ ...
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Divided Idaho House passes bill critics say will repeal Medicaid expansion
A bill that could repeal voter-approved Medicaid expansion narrowly cleared its first chamber of the Idaho Legislature. After an hour and a half of debate Wednesday, the Idaho House on a narrow 38 ...
New legislation aims to crack down on Medicaid expansion
State Rep. Redman is the sponsor of house bill 138, also known as the “Medicaid Expansion Bill.” If approved, it would amend existing law to require certain federal waivers for continued Medicaid ...
Post Register4dOpinion
Opinion: Medicaid makes sense, repealing expansion doesn't
Over the last several weeks, we have seen the consequences of a cut-now-ask-questions-later approach. Whether it is firing ...
Moscow-Pullman Daily News4dOpinion
OPINION: HB 138 threatens voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Case in point: The proposal to change the state’s Medicaid expansion program, which was put in place after 61% of voters ...
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Idaho Republican town hall turns chaotic as woman forcibly removed
COEUR D'ALENE, ID (KLEW) — A legislative town hall in Idaho hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC ...
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Idaho residents on Medicaid, doctors bemoan GOP efforts to repeal citizen-led expansion
who benefit from the state’s Medicaid expansion. But if either of two active bills in the Idaho Legislature this year were to become law, she would lose her health insurance and be unable to ...
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Guest Commentary: Medicaid expansion saves lives in rural Idaho
As a family medicine physician in rural Idaho, I have had the privilege of caring for Idaho families for more than three decades. I have celebrated their milestones and stood ...