To: The Idaho State House, The Idaho State Senate, and Governor Brad Little

Idaho Medicaid Expansion

Reduce the health insurance affordability gap in Idaho by expanding Medicaid.

Why is this important?

A rare neurological disease called Hereditary Spastic Parapalegia (HSP) forced me to retire from teaching early, so I needed to purchase private health insurance. Without ACA, the insurance companies wouldn't have sold me a policy at all, but even so, it is almost prohibitably expense, especially in Idaho (and New Mexico--the only two states that have not already expanded medicaid). The time for Idaho to finally expand medicaid is now.