Medicaid expansion bus stops in Moscow
"We're getting so little resistance," Mayville told a small group of Medicaid expansion supporters Thursday at
In April, the campaign to place Idaho Medicaid expansion on the November ballot garnered the 56,192 signatures needed to make the ballot.
In addition, signatures from 6 percent of registered voters in 18 of
Mayville said county clerks verified some 73,000 signatures, including signatures from at least 6 percent of registered voters in 20 districts.
The campaign will submit the verified signatures to the
He said Reclaim Idaho representatives and supporters will travel throughout the state for the rest of the summer in the Medicaid Express and 1977 Dodge Tioga "Medicaid Mobile," encouraging
If the initiative passes, the estimated 62,000 Idahoans in the Medicaid gap population will have the opportunity to be eligible for Medicaid; those who fall in the gap make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but make too little to qualify for the state health insurance exchange.
According to The Associated Press,
A Republican delegate panel adopted a resolution two weeks ago outlining the opposition during the second day of the
Just a handful of participants opposed the measure in a voice vote.
Thursday afternoon, Mayville reminded the small crowd of a few "five-word arguments" to use when encouraging residents to vote in favor of the initiative.
He said the first one is "62,000 Idahoans need health care."
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"There are multiple options available," he said. "This one is the most straightforward, most cost-effective, serves the most people and it fits within the current system that we have."
"Health emergencies and health-related expenses are at the root of many poverty issues," Pitman said.
He said he feels strongly that expanding Medicaid to Idahoans will be an important systemic solution, or at least a step toward reducing a fair amount of poverty in the community and in
Pitman said Family Promise works with families with challenges, and a number of them become homeless because they are unable to pay medical bills.
"I feel strongly that expansion of Medicaid will give a number of these families an opportunity to, frankly, avoid some of the difficult, difficult challenges related to being homeless," he said.
Idahoans for Healthcare co-chairs, Rep.
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