Medicaid Expansion

A panel discussion from the City Club about potential impacts of changes to Idaho's Medicaid policy

The latest bill to add work requirements to Idaho’s Medicaid expansion program is heading to the Senate.

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 has stalled on the Senate side, but two more bills are floating around the statehouse, which lawmakers say would reform the program and save taxpayers money.

As the Idaho legislature considers bills that would kill Medicaid expansion in the state, a report shows cuts to the healthcare program could disproportionately impact hispanics.

Idaho’s Medicaid expansion program could come to an end under a bill passed by House lawmakers Wednesday.

The Idaho House could soon take up a bill critics say would almost certainly repeal the state’s Medicaid expansion plan.

State legislators will get another look at a bill that could repeal Idaho’s Medicaid expansion program if certain restrictions aren’t met.

In 2018, 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.

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Idaho lawmakers are beginning the work to repeal the state’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion program.