Earlier this week, Rep. Fred Wood pulled back a $10 million plan to provide primary care to Idahoans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to qualify for health insurance premium subsidies. The key House Health and Welfare chairman said at the time he didn’t have the support to get it out of the House.
Category: Idaho
School budget set, reflects 6.3% increase in state funding
… funds to school districts, instead freezing discretionary funds while adding a new $15 million line item to cover health insurance cost increases, arguing that that would free up more of school districts’ discretionary funds for other expenses. …
Idaho exchange’s subsidies at risk under health care repeal – Wed, 18 Jan 2017 PST
Idaho’s health insurance exchange would lose $220 million in tax subsidies if President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is repealed, Your Health Idaho Director Pat Kelly said Wednesday. “Depending on what the repeal would look like, that would be the cost to Idaho,” said Kelly, during a presentation to the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee.
Boise State Rolls Out Public Policy Survey With Findings on Education, Health Care, Refugees
… said Idaho is on the right track-but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas of concern for Idahoans. Among them are health care, climate change and Idaho’s acceptance of refugees, which has “particularly polarized” people across the state, Vaughn …