Minnick says health care will be congressional issue for next decade
Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick said he thinks changes to the health care reform law approved earlier this year won’t see changes this year, and will be a topic of debate for years to come. “I suspect...
View ArticleOtter, others promise fixes to delayed Medicaid payments (video)
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he’s cautiously comfortable that the state can fix problems that have led to delays in payments from the state to Medicaid providers. Idaho reimburses local health care...
View ArticleBlue Cross giving $100,000 grant to help ease doctor shortage (video)
Idaho below 48 other states in the number of doctors per person. The Blue Cross of Idaho’s charitable foundation is trying to reverse that shortage by making a $100,000 grant to Family Medicine...
View ArticleCrapo, Risch back failed Senate effort to repeal part of health care law
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined Republicans in an unsuccessful attempt to repeal part of the new health care law, and then blocked a plan favored by President Barack Obama that would change...
View ArticleAARP releases voter guide focusing on health care, budget, and campaigns
An organization representing older Idahoans has released a voters’ guide asking candidates in races across the state about how to handle the state budget, problems related to medical care, and state...
View ArticleKeith Allred says all tax exemptions are still on the table (video)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred wants Idaho to change course and put more emphasis on public education. Allred, in an interview with IdahoReporter.com, explained how he would govern if...
View ArticleLast debate highlights wide partisan divide, some policy similarities between...
Republican State Rep. Raul Labrador and and Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick traded attacks in the last scheduled debate between the major party candidates for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District, but they...
View ArticleOtter, Allred split on health care plans (video)
Possibly one of the most substantial pieces of law to come out of the 2010 legislative session was the Idaho Health Freedom Act, a bill allowing the state attorney general to sue the federal government...
View ArticleIdaho House weighs creating health care price comparing website
A north Idaho lawmaker wants hospitals, clinics, and health insurance companies to post their costs for popular procedures on a new state-run website, which he says will help people make...
View ArticleSen. Steve Vick doesn’t support expansion of Medicaid
Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, says he doesn’t support expansion of Medicaid in Idaho. The post Sen. Steve Vick doesn’t support expansion of Medicaid appeared first on IdahoReporter.com.
View ArticleIdaho insurance exchange is off and running … with a few problems noted
[post_thumbnail]Amy Dowd, executive director of Idaho's health exchange, and chairman of the board for the exchange, Stephen Weeg, discuss the opening of enrollment in the YourHealthIdaho.com website....
View ArticleHealth insurance companies not sure where rates will land come January 2014
[post_thumbnail]Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, is the co-chair of the Legislative Health Care Task Force and has been in the insurance business for more than 20 years. Representatives from three of the...
View ArticleExchange law firm has ties to groups favoring the state exchange
[post_thumbnail]Michael Stoddard is an attorney with Hawley Troxell, the law firm providing legal representation to the state insurance exchange. The lawyers selected to offer legal advice to the Idaho...
View ArticleExchange board: Federal Obamacare platform, privacy concerns causing problems...
[post_thumbnail] Hyatt Erstad, right, a member of the Idaho insurance exchange board, says the rollout of Obamacare has been a "dismal failure," causing the state a number of problems including access...
View ArticleExchange board agrees to guidelines on issuing contracts to board members
[post_thumbnail]Rep. John Rusche, D-Lewiston, a member of the state insurance exchange board, offered a compromise proposal to board members Friday that establishes some guidelines in awarding...
View ArticleInsurance exchange contracts with Boise law firm to investigate executive...
[post_thumbnail]Steven Weeg, state insurance exchange board charirman, has confirmed that the board has hired a law firm to investigate its executive director, Amy Dowd, and the circumstances...
View ArticleCongressional inquiry raises security concerns for Idaho insurance exchange
[post_thumbnail] Idaho exchange board member Dave Self, left, says a letter the board received from a U.S. House committee appears to him to be part of "some effort to slow down Obamacare." The board...
View ArticleObamacare in Idaho: 67,000 will lose their current insurance coverage
[post_thumbnail]According to estimates from health insurance providers in Idaho, 67,000 Idahoans are expected to lose their existing coverage due to Obamacare. If you like your plan, you can keep your...
View ArticleInsurance exchange board discloses little about Dowd investigation
[post_thumbnail]Dr. John Livingston, a member of the Idaho insurance exchange board, says Amy Dowd, executive director, sought input from the exchange’s legal counsel and from staffers at the office of...
View ArticleLegislators unhappy with lack of transparency by state insurance exchange board
[post_thumbnail]Rep. Doug Hancey, R-Rexburg, is not happy with the lack of transparency by the state insurance exchange board and intends to voice his displeasure to Rep. Kelley Packer, R-McCammon, a...
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