Health Care

Idaho's legislative budget writers approved about $3 million for treating inmates with severe liver disease as well as half a million dollars to add 99 beds to the state's prison system as inmate populations continue to rise amid rapid state growth.

State lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to reduce Idaho's health coverage gap. A house committee introduced legislation on Monday that would allow the state to seek two federal waivers to the Affordable Care Act.

A first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost $850,000, less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected, but still among the most expensive medicines in the world.

Idaho health care and home products company Melaleuca Inc. is the latest major business to announce it will give its workers bonuses in response to President Donald Trump's tax cuts.

Many depend on the Children's Health Insurance Program to help pay for their child's medical care.

Health advocates who have been stymied by Idaho's Republican-dominant Legislature to expand Medicaid have filed paperwork for a ballot initiative.

Health care experts say switching state workers to a self-insurance model could save roughly $13 million in its first year of implementation. The amount is smaller than the state's previous estimates that boasted savings as high as $60 million within the first three years. Idaho lawmakers have considered moving the state to a self-insurance system for several years.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho lawmakers tasked with fixing the state's so-called Medicaid gap will take public testimony later this month.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – It’s been said for years that there’s a shortage of nurses, but that just means there’s more opportunity for those who want to make the cut into the health care profession.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho counties rely on local property taxes and money from the state's general fund to cover the catastrophic medical costs of poor residents who can't pay their medical bills. The Spokesman-Review reports those costs have ballooned over the past decade, jumping from $19 million in 2000 to a projected $60 million this year...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The panel appointed to scrutinize whether Idaho should expand Medicaid coverage to include more low-income people meets for the first time Monday. Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter appointed the 15-member group last month, along with a separate panel that's looking into whether the state should establish its own insurance exchange under President Barack Obama's health care refo

Federal officials are awarding more money to help states carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The surprise? The list includes seven states, including Idaho, suing to overturn the landmark law. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday that 13 states will split grants totaling nearly $220 million to set up health insurance exchanges...

According to the first ever national study on the issue, the AARP says Idaho gets high marks for providing home and community based services..ranked 8th in the nation. The state is also ranked 6th in the nation of providing support to caregivers, who are often times family members...

Lawmakers are advancing a revived push to nullify the federal health care overhaul in Idaho. The House State Affairs Committee voted along party lines Monday to send the measure, led by Republican Represenative Vito Barbieri of Coeur d'Alene, to the full House...

More than 200 people flocked to the Idaho Capitol this morning for a hearing on a bill to void President Obama's health care overhaul.  Dozens at the House State Affairs Committee wore yellow "Yes Nullify" stickers on their shirts or jackets...

Representative Vito Barbieri went before the House State Affairs Committee Monday morning to introduce a revised version of his bill that would keep Idaho from implementing the federal health care law. The committee voted to print this latest version of the bill...

American Thinker editor Larrey Anderson discusses the Egyptian revolution and how the president is handling the situation, The Obama health care defeat, and  the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan. Larrey D. Anderson studied comparative religion and philosophy at Harvard and Penn State and studied law and philosophy at the Catholic University of America...

President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation, assailed as an abuse of federal power in a 26-state lawsuit, led by Idaho, has been ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. judge. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Pensacola, Florida, declared the law unconstitutional in a ruling today...

"As House Republicans prepare this week to hold a vote to repeal the health-care law that President Obama signed last year, the administration says it opposes that idea but is "open" to Republican suggestions to improve the provision. That is a marked shift from last year, when the president and congressional Democrats repeatedly blasted the GOP for not backing the law and cast a