Idaho’s House rejects another health care bill, a day after dramatic showdown
The bill, dubbed "Plan First Idaho," would seek a federal waiver to provide family planning services -- but not abortion -- to low-income
Erpelding's motion failed on a 14-55 vote; all 11
Some of the lengthy debate on the motion echoed Wednesday's dramatic debate on pulling the governor's Idaho Health Care Plan bill back to committee, rather than debating it in the full House and voting it up or down this year.
"This bill was put on hold in hopes that a previous piece of legislation would have made it," Erpelding told the House. "This bill deserves a vote. ... This is about women in the gap, and it is important."
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Erpelding said, "We should hear this bill because it would make a difference. It would be a conversation to have in the large body that we haven't had."
He said he strongly objects to arguments that lawmakers are taking the "long view" on health care and that it's a marathon. "Having been a marathon runner, six years is an awfully long marathon," he said. "Having been someone who has climbed mountains and spent 50 days on mountains, six years is an awfully long expedition. It is time to take up health care in
This bill would have sought a federal waiver to set up a five-year demonstration project providing family planning services and supplies to
The move marked the final extensive debate in the House on Thursday, as lawmakers wrapped up most of their business, approving agency budget bills and
After the
Keough said the state budget reflects an increase in general fund spending of 5.9 percent, but just three budgets -- for public schools, Medicaid and corrections -- account for the 5 percent, with all other agency budgets growing less than 1 percent in total.
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