BOISE, Idaho — Lawmakers tasked with recommending whether to continue with the state’s Medicaid expansion say they support funding the voter-approved benefits.
But the Republican legislators expressed concern about rising costs and directed Medicaid administrators to find ways to cut spending.
Idaho voters in 2018 approved Medicaid expansion, extending the subsidized health benefits to Idahoans with household incomes at 138% of the federal poverty level. Lawmakers set a Jan. 31, 2023, deadline by which the House and Senate Health and Welfare committees would reconsider whether to continue funding expanded benefits.
