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Idahoans who are ‘medically frail’ are exempt from Medicaid work requirements. How do you prove it?

  • Kyle Pfannenstiel

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

Idaho’s strict Medicaid work requirements to start next year. Most meet the rules, official says.

  • Kyle Pfannenstiel

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 […]