Since Idaho voters chose to open up Medicaid eligibility to more people in 2018, the expanded program has faced scrutiny over its cost versus cost-savings.
Some of this debate may be renewed with new lawmakers voted in during this year’s election preparing to gather for the 2025 legislative session.
The Idaho Press reports there are now around 100,000 Idahoans who have health coverage under Medicaid expansion.
Some of these residents are featured in a short film “Idaho Supports Medicaid: In Our Words,” which was created by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and Voices for Children.
The film is set to premiere in Boise at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Treefort Music Hall.
The expansion program, which extended eligibility to those who couldn’t afford health care under the Affordable Health Care Act but didn’t quite qualify for traditional Medicaid coverage, went into effect in 2020.
The past few legislative sessions, bills have been brought forward in the Legislature to repeal or limit the program.
