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Gov. Signs Law Putting Politics Before Patients
(20 Mar 2010 07:10)
... Today, Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter signed the Idaho Health Freedom Act into law, a bill ... $1.6 billion in federal matching funds for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, ...
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Health care bill could greatly expand coverage; Critics fear added costs and government control
(20 Mar 2010 12:37)
... legislation was recently passed in Virginia and Idaho, and is pending in more than two ... key issue is the proposed expansion of Medicaid -- a federal-state program that provides health ...
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Health Bill Gains Ground But Release Delayed
(20 Mar 2010 03:37)
... to repeal a Nebraska-only increase in federal Medicaid funds that cleared the Senate, a provision ... among states to the health care bill, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, signed ...
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Lawmakers Consider Bill to Opt Out of Nationalized Health Care
(20 Mar 2010 04:10)
... without fear of penalties or cutbacks to Medicaid. Two states have already signed legislation into ... Jolley. Others states are making similar moves. Idaho and Virginia both passed resolutions allowing them ...
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Gov. Otter gets some good marks on health care plans for Idaho: He's meeting four goals he set for himself, but some say they don't do enough for Idahoans who need insurance
(19 Mar 2010 14:21)
... Vestal, co-chairman of the steering committee of Idaho Health Care for All. His group supports ... committee recommended adding more adults to the Medicaid program, which now covers almost exclusively children, ...
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Gov. Otter Lays Down Gauntlet
(19 Mar 2010 18:56)
... to do is tax a person in Idaho to pay for a gimme, a vote ... be it maybe extended to Medicare, to Medicaid, to even our military, then it gets ...
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Factbox: States and healthcare reform
(19 Mar 2010 22:42)
... insurance and push more people into the Medicaid system for the poor that states and ... entitled "health insurance coverage not required." * Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a bill ...
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Obama, Democrats push hard ahead of health vote
(19 Mar 2010 17:52)
... turns to waiting for weekend crest Group: Idaho first to sign law that would sue ... at stake. A special deal giving extra Medicaid money to Nebraska was struck in exchange ...
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Factbox: States And U.S. Healthcare Reform
(19 Mar 2010 20:01)
... * Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a bill ... passed a bill prohibiting any expansion of Medicaid, the healthcare system for the poor, unless ...
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Democrats aim to pass $940B health bill Sunday
(19 Mar 2010 04:15)
... middle-class households and an expansion of the Medicaid program for low-income people. Release of the ... among states to the health care bill, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, signed ...
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GOP AGs threaten health care suits
(19 Mar 2010 17:30)
... paying for his state’s share for expanded Medicaid coverage, estimated at $100 million. Democrats intend ... and accounted for,” he added. In addition, Idaho GOP Gov. Butch Otter said Thursday that ...
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House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
(19 Mar 2010 17:35)
... class households and an expansion of the Medicaid program for low income people. Release of ... among states to the health care bill, Idaho Gov. C.L. ``Butch'' Otter, a Republican, signed ...
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Dems hope for Sunday vote on heath care
(19 Mar 2010 21:46)
... class households and an expansion of the Medicaid program. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated ... to the bill among states. On Wednesday, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, a Republican, signed ...
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EDITORIAL: Idaho Meth Project an unproven program with powerful friends
(17 Mar 2010 15:39)
... Mar 17, 2010 (The Idaho Statesman - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) ... social programs haven't been nearly so fortunate. Medicaid, a public health program covering 213,000 Idahoans, ...
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Idaho Health Freedom Act does nothing to tackle state's health care crisis, says AARP
(18 Mar 2010 04:51)
... Today, Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter signed the Idaho Health Freedom Act into law, a bill ... $1.6 billion in federal matching funds for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, ...
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