New Medicaid system will have to verify some residents’ information through IRS
The development of a Medicaid system that will have to integrate with a health care insurance exchange program will also have to coordinate with the Internal Revenue Service to verify some Idahoans’...
View ArticleLawmaker wants to explore using contractors to build exchange, but...
Legislators have yet to decide if they want to build a state-based health insurance exchange, but at least one lawmaker wants to explore the options of how best to accomplish that task. Rep. Fred Wood,...
View ArticleFeds give until October 2013 to create exchange, not January 2013
At a reporter’s breakfast Wednesday, Gov. Butch Otter said that it’s likely Idaho won’t have enough time to create and implement its own state-based health insurance exchange program. “The chances are...
View ArticleIdaho health insurance carriers could be used in federal exchange
Proponents of the state-based health insurance exchange may have just had the air let out of one of their main arguments against the federal government creating one for Idaho. Gov. Butch Otter told the...
View ArticleNonini asks for private health exchange, Cronin rails against free market in...
Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Post Falls, wouldn’t mind seeing the creation of a health insurance exchange, but he wants it done without state or federal dollars. Nonini introduced a resolution in the House...
View ArticleDepartment of Insurance budget clears JFAC without exchange money
The 2013 Department of Insurance budget debate figures to be much tamer compared to the 2012 rendition of the agency’s spending plan. Members of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved the...
View ArticleWith state program out of the question, House panel pushes for private exchange
Legislative leaders announced Tuesday at a lunch with reporters that lawmakers would not seek to establish a state-based health exchange to comply with federal regulations, but that doesn’t necessarily...
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Otter will not decide insurance exchange matter alone; summons legislators...
Gov. Butch Otter will meet with legislative leaders of both parties from the House and Senate on Friday. Gov. Butch Otter said Wednesday that he is seeking input from members of the Legislature in...
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Otter OKs state-based insurance exchange; battle shifts to the Legislature
Implementing a state-based insurance exchange is subject to legislative approval. Gov. Butch Otter announced Tuesday that he supports the creation of a state-based health insurance exchange as a means...
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North Idaho physician believes he has a better way to deal with health care...
Dr. Loel Fenwick says his health care plan could save both consumers and government agencies millions of dollars each year. “He seems to have closed the door on private sector options, before the door...
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