Idaho Department of H&W prepares to send 155,000 letters
“We’re kind of working with the governor’s office and the House speaker,” said Health & Welfare spokesman Tom Shanahan. “If a solution would present itself, basically we don’t want to send ‘em out – we’d want to save the money.” Shanahan said the department’s estimate is 50 cents a letter, including postage, envelopes, staff time and other costs. That’s $77,500 for the mailing.
“We definitely need to have a letter ready,” Shanahan said. “But we don’t want to alarm people if there appears to be a solution. So we’re really hoping something will move forward here. We’re kind of waiting.” Betsy Russell, EOB
