I just came back from a few days at the Association of Counties legislative meeting in Boise. One of the hot topics concerns county indigent funds. The counties pay the first $10,000 of every qualified medical claim and the state catastrophic fund (CAT fund) pays the amount over that. Counties are getting buried with claims and yet are subject to the 3% cap on each year's budget. We've been after the state for several years to reduce the county portion to $5,000 but the legislature is actually talking about raising the amount the county (read property tax payers of each county) pays to $15,000.

Dan of the County

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