Major mea culpa
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Consider this the largest “correction” the Reader has ever published — and, horror of horrors, it’s because of something the editor (me) screwed up. (True fact: Rarely anyone edits the...
Tagged: Idaho healthcare
Medicaid works — let’s keep it that way
By Hillarie Hagen Reader Contributor Idaho Medicaid helps our kids grow into healthy adults. It also helps adults stay healthy so they can take care of their families. Idahoans know how valuable this is:...
Idaho’s nursing shortage: A crisis we can’t afford to ignore
By Robert Vande Merwe Reader Contributor Idaho’s health care system faces a serious challenge, and it’s not just about doctors. The entire health care workforce is stretched thin. This workforce shortage affects all of...
Making it to the manger
By Becca Renk Foster Reader Contributor It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in a dresser drawer lined with a blanket....
Medicaid expansion on the horizon, Your Health Idaho spreads the word on open enrollment
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Open enrollment for the Your Health Idaho insurance marketplace began Nov. 1 and will close Monday, Dec. 16. In the meantime, officials including Executive Director Pat Kelly recently toured...
Practical solutions from nurse practitioners
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Nurse practitioners Jane Hoover and Cynthia Dalsing traveled to Washington, D.C., last month for the 2018 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Health Policy Conference. There, they learned how to...
Idaho officials detail health plan
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff State officials are breaking down the details of a Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s health care plan designed to help residents in the so-called Medicaid gap. Presented as an option...
Reclaim Idaho launches ballot initiative in Sandpoint this weekend
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Local grassroots political movement Reclaim Idaho is going back to its roots this weekend with a number of events in Sandpoint. The return to North Idaho will launch...
Insurance enrollment open through Dec. 15
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff There may be uncertainty from Washington, D.C., surrounding health care, but Your Health Idaho isn’t going anywhere. The state insurance marketplace, established following the passage of the Affordable Care...
Reclaim Idaho proposes Medicaid Expansion on 2018 ballot
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Writer Luke Mayville, co-founder of the grassroots political movement Reclaim Idaho, announced Tuesday that the group has officially filed a proposal to put Medicaid Expansion on Idaho’s November 2018...
