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Idaho legislators talk Medicaid changes

by CAROLYN BOSTICK
Staff Writer | May 28, 2025 1:00 AM

Idaho lawmakers are rushing to implement changes to the state's Medicaid program before 2026, or risk losing Medicaid expansion altogether, a program that currently serves thousands of Idahoans.

State leaders gathered Friday to examine how current care systems operate and what modifications House Bill 138 would require. The bill, proposed by Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d'Alene and passed by the Legislature this year, aims to "keep care available without expanding spending beyond what the program can sustain," Redman said Friday while video conferencing into a meeting from Washington, D.C., where he was attending a Make America Healthy Again event. 

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