Since before the Idaho legislature came to town in January, supporters of Medicaid expansion have been worried that some lawmakers want to put guardrails on the health insurance program that voters approved in 2018.
A bill that would make 11 changes to the program, including a lifetime cap on benefits and work requirements, made it through the House but stalled on the Senate side. Two more bills are floating around the statehouse, which lawmakers say would reform the program and save taxpayers money.
Randy Johnson, the government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and Hillarie Hagen, senior policy associate for Idaho Supports Medicaid, were here in January to tell us about the first bill, and they’re back to tell Idaho Matters what’s happened since then.
