When Desalyn Swank applied to law school at University of Idaho, she said she made it clear she wanted to reform the state’s laws. Before her first year at law school ended, she already had.  This year, the Idaho Legislature passed, and the governor signed, a bill she wrote to strengthen the state’s laws to […]

Months after one of Idaho’s largest health insurers asked the state for help with unusual billing practices by a North Idaho hospital, the insurer is still waiting for assistance.  Blue Cross argues that Post Falls ER & Hospital is out-of-network for health insurers and instead relies heavily on a new arbitration process created by Congress. […]

Starting next year, Idahoans on Medicaid expansion will need to prove they’re working to keep accessing the health insurance public assistance program. That’s only if they don’t meet one of several carveouts, like going to school, or being a caregiver for young kids or people with disabilities.  State officials think most of the roughly 85,000 […]

Idaho state health officials plan to start implementing work requirements for people on Medicaid expansion starting next year. Idaho Republican lawmakers and Gov. Brad Little in April adopted the work requirements from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the state’s largest agency that runs Medicaid and […]

Idaho state fire officials have spent more than $20 million fighting wildfires so far this year, and conditions are expected to worsen as the fire season continues.  Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller told the State Board of Land Commissioners on Tuesday that the agency expects to be reimbursed from other fire agencies for […]