Removing people from Medicaid pushes costs on to Idaho health care providers and leads to increased insurance premiums for everybody, writes guest columnist Randy Johnson. (Getty Images)
Following all the news can be difficult.
Important things easily get lost in the shuffle and health care headlines can be especially tough to understand. News reported over the past couple of months in the Idaho Capital Sun offers important insight into Idahoans’ need for health care as the 2026 session looms in Boise. These stories highlighted issues with our state’s approach to applying bureaucratic red tape to Medicaid implementation and offer something of a warning of potential significant problems soon to come…