[Vision2020] House committee votes to kill Medicaid expansion

[Tom Hansen]

Perhaps Rush Limbaugh echoed Idaho's sentiment best when he said . . .

"If people cannot afford health care, they don't deserve it."

Courtesy of KHQ at:

http://www.khq.com/story/24644715/house-committee-votes-to-kill-medicaid-expansion
 
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House committee votes to kill Medicaid expansion

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The House Health and Welfare Committee rejected a proposal to increase health care coverage for low-income Idahoans, putting the final nail in the coffin of Medicaid expansion hopes.

Rep. John Rusche, D-Lewiston, had promoted the bill as a way to help the state's poor, who are particularly vulnerable without coverage, as well as save hospitals and businesses millions.

He faced opposition from Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, who has already spoken out against the expansion of eligibility, as well as his Republican majority colleagues.

Lawmakers voted along party lines Wednesday, dooming the bill before it could make it to a full committee debate.

Detractors said it wasn't the right time to implement eligibility for the state's working poor.

Rusche said Idaho is "missing an opportunity."

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Audio recording of session . . .

Introduction by Rep. Rusche
http://youtu.be/-zdrAzAG28o
 
Discussion and vote by panel
http://youtu.be/HdBym2hS2wE

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  
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