Idaho House narrowly approves restoring non-emergency Medicaid dental benefits
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But the vote was close, with the measure squeaking through the House, 36-32.
The benefit was cut from all Idaho Medicaid patients during a round of recession-driven budget cuts in 2011, with the promise that they'd be restored when the economy improved.
"It was understood that this was likely to lead to serious downstream medical conditions," Rep.
Two years later, the benefits were restored to children and people with major disabilities, but not to others on
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Rubel noted that no one would be added to Medicaid as a result of the bill.
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Though restoring the benefit would cost the state an estimated
"We should get ahead of this, we should address these things when it's
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Rubel said
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To become law, the bill still needs to clear a
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