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.
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,
Republican support for Medicaid expansion grows in state Senate
Democrats in the Georgia Senate have attracted support of a handful of Republicans in their quest to expand Medicaid access in the state.
GOP senators sign on to Democrat-backed Medicaid expansion
Four Republicans added their signatures to a Democrat-sponsored bill seeking Medicaid expansion. ATLANTA — Some Republican Georgia lawmakers are poised to expand Medicaid in Georgia. Backers say it would give access to health care to hundreds of thousands of Georgians who can’t afford it.
Democrats hopeful after colleagues cross party lines to co-sponsor Medicaid expansion bill
Democrats in Georgia are the minority at the State Capitol.
Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better
The ideas being proposed could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts to the countrys public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans over the next decade and could potentially push millions of people off the program.
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Medicaid expansion is officially on the chopping block at the Idaho legislature
Supporters of Idaho's Medicaid expansion sign an RV used by campaign organizers, Reclaim Idaho. A new bill introduced Friday, ...
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Republicans take aim at Idaho Medicaid expansion. Democrats call bill a ‘total disconnect’
BOISE – Idaho Republicans have again taken aim at health care costs that support low-income residents. A House committee brought forward legislation Friday to repeal Medicaid expansion ...
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.
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Idaho House committee 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 ...
Map Shows States With Medicaid Work Requirements
Introducing work requirements for Medicaid recipients is something the GOP has suggested will be brought into action.
Hot-button legislation advances in the statehouse
The widely anticipated school choice HB39 emerged on Wednesday, introducing the Idaho parental tax credit. The proposed law ...
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Hot-button legislation advances in Idaho Capitol
It would limit flags on state, county, and city buildings to only U.S., Idaho state, military, and tribal flags. Republicans also introduced legislation to repeal Medicaid Expansion. The ...
Idaho GOP lawmakers threaten Medicaid with claim that spending is out of control | Opinion
Is that the world these lawmakers want to return to, people dying of asthma and other preventable and treatable conditions? | ...