Trib: Not so fast on Obamacare repeal
Idaho’s all-Republican congressional delegation seems to be in an awful hurry to repeal - and presumably replace - Obamacare.
Which is a bit odd when you consider the picture taking shape in the communities they represent.
For starters, consider the uninsured rate. Before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, nearly one of every five Idahoans had no health insurance. Only 11 states had a higher rate.
By 2015, that was down to 11 percent. It may have fallen even lower since - and that’s without extending Medicaid coverage to some 78,000 low-income Idaho adults, something the state’s Republican political establishment refuses to do/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.
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