Idaho is projected to face a between a $600 million and $1 billion budget deficit in fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is seeking public comment through a statewide survey that’s open through Dec. 31, ...

After Medicaid contractor plans to cut critical services for people with severe mental illness, Sheriffs’ Association warns governor, Republican leaders of Legislature ...

people to qualify for the program. After the measure was passed by state lawmakers earlier this year with a variety of added restrictions, Idaho officials applied for an expansion waiver in July. The ...

The Idaho Legislature’s new interim government efficiency committee is gearing up to identify more cuts to state government. At its second meeting Monday, the DOGE Task Force — made up of state ...

In November, voters approved Proposition 2 by more than 60 percent, signing off on Medicaid expansion in the state, which opted out of the expansion when the Affordable Care Act first took effect. The ...

WASHINGTON — The voters of Utah and Idaho, two deeply Republican states, defied the will of their political leaders in November and voted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Now those ...

As in many states, Idaho’s Medicaid program costs are increasing unsustainably. In 2015, Idaho spent 27.6 percent of its budget on Medicaid, a 4.6 percent increase from 2010, according to Ballotpedia.

Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill to add work requirements to the state’s expanded Medicaid program, according to the Idaho Statesman. Idaho voters approved Medicaid expansion during the ...

The Idaho Legislature's new interim government efficiency committee is gearing up to identify more cuts to state government. The task force plans to review state laws to repeal, based on feedback from ...

In Idaho, more than 60 percent of voters supported a ballot measure to expand Medicaid. In Utah and Idaho, GOP looks to curb medicaid expansions that voters approved WASHINGTON — The voters of Utah ...