Proponents of the state-based health insurance exchange may have just had the air let out of one of their main arguments against the federal government creating one for Idaho. Gov. Butch Otter told the Idaho Chamber Alliance Monday that he received confirmation from the federal government that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Butch Otter’
Idaho health insurance carriers could be used in federal exchange
By Dustin Hurst
January 31st, 2012
January 31st, 2012
Feds give until October 2013 to create exchange, not January 2013
By Dustin Hurst
January 26th, 2012
January 26th, 2012
Luna: Paying teachers is a higher priority than building up reserve funds (video)
By Dustin Hurst
January 26th, 2012
January 26th, 2012
Lower 2013 revenue target may force lawmakers to choose from Otter’s budget initiatives
By Dustin Hurst
January 25th, 2012
January 25th, 2012
Twin Falls selling $340,000 site for $100, adding $800,000 in work for milk processing company
By Dustin Hurst
January 19th, 2012
January 19th, 2012
Otter now concedes that $300 million in Medicaid funding not at risk in health exchange program (video)
By Dustin Hurst
January 13th, 2012
January 13th, 2012
Lawmakers cite some lack of specifics in governor’s State of the State (video)
By Dustin Hurst
January 9th, 2012
January 9th, 2012
Otter plans more money for ed, reserves, state workers … and some tax relief in ’13 budget
By Dustin Hurst
January 9th, 2012
January 9th, 2012
Idaho Democrats to push for ethics changes in 2012, though details are sketchy
By Dustin Hurst
January 5th, 2012
January 5th, 2012
