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Financial habits that can influence insurance costs over time
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (896+ words) Financial habits built over time, from managing credit and avoiding unnecessary claims to reviewing coverage regularly, have a direct and measurable effect on what you pay for insurance. Are your insurance premiums putting more pressure on your finances than they…...
Idaho’s strict Medicaid work requirements to start next year
1+ week, 4+ day ago (662+ words) Idaho state health officials plan to start implementing work requirements for people on Medicaid expansion starting next year. Idaho Republican lawmakers and Gov. Brad Little in April adopted the work requirements from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act....
East Idaho hospital could end contract with health insurer that covers state employees
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (677+ words) Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, is an acute care facility that has provided health care to eastern Idaho since 1907. (Christina Lords/Idaho Capital Sun) An East Idaho hospital and a major health insurer are struggling to agree to terms…...
Rural hospitals face financial worries
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1630+ words) Idaho’s rural hospital leaders, who are facing mounting financial pressures, are hoping a $930 million, five-year federal grant will ease some of their pains. As they recognized National Hospital Week, which runs May 10 to 16, two North Idaho hospital CEOs told the…...
After health insurance subsidies end, 30,000 Idahoans will be uninsured, government report says
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) After Congress failed to extend deeper subsidies for Americans’ health insurance, an estimated 30,000 more Idahoans who had insurance are likely to be uninsured this year. That’s according to a report from Your Health Idaho, the state’s insurance exchange. The report…...
Idahoans have a week to enroll on exchange
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (235+ words) Idahoans have a week to pick or switch health insurance plans on the state’s exchange, as open enrollment for Your Health Idaho ends Dec. 15. And unless Congress extends tax credits that deeply subsidize health insurance costs, Idahoans’ average premiums are…...
Facing insurance denial? Steps to take next
8+ mon, 21+ hour ago (957+ words) Insurance denial is frustrating for anyone to cope with, whether you are denied a procedure you have been waiting for or life-saving care. It is crucial to understand the ins and outs of the insurance appeal process, as well as…...
Idaho Congressman Fulcher introduces bill extending private, short-term health care coverage
8+ mon, 12+ hour ago (310+ words) Idaho Republican Congressman Russ Fulcher is hoping to expand the use of private, short-term health insurance. Fulcher on Thursday announced the introduction of the Removing Insurance Gaps for Health Treatment (RIGHT) Act of 2025, which would extend the maximum allowance for…...
Idaho seeking input on shift of Medicaid to managed care organizations
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (388+ words) Idahoans may weigh in on the state’s transition to managing Medicaid through a private, third-party company. The Idaho Legislature during the 2025 session approved House Bill 345, which moved oversight of Idaho’s entire Medicaid program to a managed care organization, added work…...
Blue Cross of Idaho seeks investigation
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (430+ words) Post Falls ER and Hospital is located on Beck Road in Post Falls. CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press File POST FALLS — Blue Cross of Idaho said Monday that it sent a letter to the Department of Insurance to investigate Nutex Health Inc’s....