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Idaho Legislature’s budget committee sets Medicaid budget close to governor’s requests

by Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
| March 17, 2025 11:25 AM

The Idaho Legislature’s powerful budget setting committee on Monday set budgets for Idaho Medicaid — largely at levels the governor asked for.

The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on two similar 13-6 motions voted to allocate state and federal funds for portions of Idaho Medicaid, Idaho’s largest state government program that offers health insurance assistance to roughly 262,000 Idahoans. 

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