‘Backdoor repeal’: Lawmakers OK work requirements for Idaho Medicaid expansion

Tens of thousands of low-income Idahoans are projected to lose health care coverage if the bill passed by the Legislature ...

Idaho Senate will consider establishing Medicaid expansion work requirements by 2027

Under a bill quickly advancing through the Idaho Legislature, the state may adopt federal Medicaid work requirements for ...
Coeur d'Alene Press

Legislature passes bill for Medicaid expansion work requirements

Medicaid work requirements and other changes in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could kick 20,000 to 34,000 Idahoans off Medicaid expansion by 2028, according to an analysis published last week by the Urban ...
KIVI-TV

Idaho bill that would cut $21.8 million in Medicaid funding for disability services put on pause

An Idaho Senate committee has paused a bill that would cut $21.8 million in Medicaid funding for providers supporting people with developmental disabilities.
Idaho State Journal

Idaho Senate passes $22M in Medicaid disability budget cuts, sending bill to governor

The Idaho Senate on Monday narrowly passed a bill that calls for nearly $22 million in budget cuts to Medicaid disability ...

Merit-based health care bill in Idaho raises concerns about patient outcomes

Co-sponsored by Senator Ben Toews (Coeur d'Alene), a new bill would require all health care facilities that receive Medicaid ...

Thousands projected to lose health care under new Idaho Medicaid expansion bill

The latest proposal to cut taxpayer costs from the state’s Medicaid expansion would set monthly work requirements for ...

Idaho Senate committee sends anti-DEI bill for Medicaid providers to floor

An Idaho Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill prohibiting health care providers that accept Medicaid funding from ...
Boise State Public Radio

Medicaid expansion eligibility bill heads to Idaho Senate floor

Idaho Republican lawmakers are close to finalizing new eligibility rules for those receiving health insurance through the ...
KREM

Idaho faces another lawsuit over Medicaid mental health cuts

IDAHO, USA — Idaho is facing another class-action lawsuit over cuts to Medicaid services — this time involving programs that support people with severe mental illnesses. Access Behavioral Health ...