All House R’s vote to kill ‘gap’ bill

The Idaho House shot down a health care bill on a party-line vote Friday and adjourned, leaving the state’s health care coverage gap unaddressed for another year. “We did not have the votes – I counted,” said Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, “even with the Democrats.” Malek joined with all other House Republicans to kill bill the Senate had amended and passed Thursday in a last-minute attempt to move forward with a plan to provide health coverage for the 78,000 Idahoans who make too little to qualify for the subsidized insurance through the state health insurance exchange, but also don’t qualify for Medicaid/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

DFO: Never have so many done so little for so many needy Idahoans.