Tagged: Idaho health care
By Hope KeenanReader Contributor Dear Commissioner Korn, After consuming the Reader’s article on the Panhandle Health District audit presentation to our county commissioners, I was left with the impression that you could use a...
By Reader Staff The Pro-Voice Project will host “OB-GYN Care on the Line: A Community Conversation” — a listening-first forum that invites Bonner County residents to talk about how the loss of OB-GYN capacity...
By Hillarie MatlockReader Contributor People without health insurance are human and they still get sick. When they get very sick, they go to emergency rooms, like everyone else. Without Medicaid expansion, the cost of...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Since Republicans took power, they have been weakening health care in the U.S. The GOP budget bill, largely written by Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo, failed to extend Affordable Care...
Program cuts will cost more than supposed savings By Karen Perkins RoblesReader Contributor I am a survivor of childhood abuse, domestic violence and violent crime. I live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Contributor Lawmakers are elected to serve the people of Idaho, by the people of Idaho. Any Idahoan who approaches our elected leaders with concerns should be treated with dignity and...
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District board devoted its Feb. 20 meeting to the topic of informed consent for childhood vaccinations, which drew a crowd of medical professionals and members of...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Contributor Idaho Democrats are clear underdogs in the Legislature, but that doesn’t stop them from bringing forward real solutions. They are working to strengthen public schools through investments in facilities,...
By Soncirey Mitchell Sandpoint Reader The Panhandle Health District will host a public meeting Thursday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Kootenai Room of the PDH Headquarters (8500 N. Atlas Road, in Hayden)...
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor All Idahoans want to know their families can access health care when they need it; yet, we are living under a dangerous abortion ban that denies medical...