BOISE, Idaho — More than 500 people filled the Lincoln Auditorium and three overflow rooms at the Idaho Statehouse on Wednesday evening to testify against proposed cuts to Medicaid, warning that reductions to the program would strip away services that keep some of the state’s most vulnerable residents alive.
“I am terrified,” said Michelle Lance, a speech therapist who attended the forum, told KTVB.
Democratic lawmakers organized the unofficial hearing after the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, which oversees the state budget, declined to take public testimony on the proposed cuts. Senate Minority Leader Melissa Wintrow and House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel co-chaired the forum…