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JFAC hears plan to address Idaho's physician 'crisis'

by ROYCE MCCANDLESS / Coeur d'Alene Press
| January 17, 2026 1:00 AM

BOISE — The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a special report Thursday that put forward a plan on how the Legislature can address Idaho’s physician shortage, which puts it among the worst in the nation. 

Rep. Dustin Manwaring, R-Pocatello, delivered a report from the Undergraduate Medical Education Working Group on Thursday, providing quantitative data on Idaho’s need for physicians that he said put the state at “crisis” levels.

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