Medicaid expansion made law
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Some of Idaho’s most vulnerable residents are only a year away from access to health coverage.
Acting Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday certifying …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Some of Idaho’s most vulnerable residents are only a year away from access to health coverage.
Acting Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday certifying …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The 2018 Idaho midterm elections offered few local and statewide surprises with one major exception: the state’s widespread embrace of Medicaid expansion.
While the initiative …
By Sen. Shawn Keough
Reader Contributor
The official voters’ guide from the State of Idaho for November’s ballot contains several arguments against Proposition 2 (Medicaid Expansion) that are false or …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Medicaid expansion is a debate Idaho has grappled with since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Now the state has a chance …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
What began as a road trip in an aggressively green 1977 Dodge camper to collect Idahoans’ stories about health care with her husband, Garrett, and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Friday brought Medicaid expansion one step closer to Idaho’s November ballot, as volunteers gathered from across the state at the Capitol in Boise to submit …
Rep. Ilana Rubel
Asst. House Democratic Leader
Reader Contributor
Idaho is at the bottom of a national ranking again. The latest blow comes from WalletHub, which rates Idaho as the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho touts the motto: “Strong public schools. Protected public lands. Health care for working families.”
It appears the grassroots political group founded in Sandpoint …
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 …
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 …
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