Idaho residents on Medicaid, doctors bemoan GOP efforts to repeal citizen-led expansion
Boise resident Jennifer Johnson has two children and works two jobs — running a business for children with disabilities and as a part-time bookkeeper. She also receives her health care coverage through Medicaid, a federal government-provided insurance for lower-income Americans.
ut because Johnson earns too much to qualify for standard Medicaid — yet not enough for private insurance discounts — she’s like 90,000 other Idahoans, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, who benefit from the state’s Medicaid expansion.
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