Idahoans increasingly are being targeted in a "phishing" scam in which people receive calls that claim to come from their bank, suggest that their account has been compromised, and ask the victim to provide information to reactivate the card. The Idaho Attorney General's office today…
You can read my full story here at spokesman.com on Gov. Butch Otter's pitch to state lawmakers today for the state to apply for a $40 million federal grant to set up its own health insurance exchange - to avoid the feds stepping in and…
Lawmakers on the joint Health Care Task Force say they're supportive of Gov. Butch Otter's strong pitch to them this morning for Idaho to apply for a $40 million grant to set up its own state health insurance exchange; if Idaho doesn't create an exchange,…
If Idaho went with a federal health insurance exchange, rather than starting its own, state Insurance Director Bill Deal said as many as 2,500 Idaho insurance agents who are licensed for health and life insurance only could go out of business. "I think there would…
Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal said Idaho is one of 12 states that have had no legislative action to date to establish a health insurance exchange. Meanwhile, 13 states have enacted such legislation, including Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado and California. There's…
In Idaho in 2010, 31 percent of people age 18 to 34 had no health insurance, state Department of Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong told lawmakers this morning. Overall 17 percent of Idahoans lack insurance, but years of rising costs have pushed the healthiest…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told the Legislature's Health Care Task Force this morning that Idaho has been working on the idea of a health insurance exchange since 2007, and "That idea I believe was co-opted by Obamacare." In fact, he said, "We find that many…