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Legislature passes bill for Medicaid expansion work requirements

by KYLE PFANNENSTIEL / Idaho Capital Sun
| April 1, 2026 1:00 AM

Republicans in the Idaho Legislature widely approved the implementation of federal Medicaid work requirements for adults enrolled in the Medicaid expansion by the end of the year.

House Bill 913 calls for Idaho to adopt Medicaid work requirements that were part of President Donald Trump’s cornerstone law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The policy could remove up to 44% of Idahoans, or 34,000 people, from Medicaid expansion, researchers say. 

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