{"id":10065,"date":"2012-08-21T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=10065"},"modified":"2012-08-21T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:16:20","slug":"informal-poll-shows-idahoans-want-medicaid-expansion-state-run-insurance-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/08\/21\/informal-poll-shows-idahoans-want-medicaid-expansion-state-run-insurance-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Informal Poll Shows Idahoans Want Medicaid Expansion, State-Run Insurance Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. Luke's Health System<\/p>

St. Luke's CEO David Pate started blogging on health and policy issues in the fall of 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n

The results are in on an informal Medicaid and insurance exchange poll<\/a> by St. Luke’s CEO.<\/p>\n

As StateImpact<\/em> reported last week<\/a>, Dr. David Pate wanted to hear his blog readers’ thoughts about <\/del>whether Idaho should expand Medicaid eligibility and create a state-run health insurance exchange.\u00a0 Both are fundamental pieces of President Obama’s health care law<\/a> which was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

As Pate writes on his blog<\/a>, about 140 people responded to the unscientific<\/strong> poll:<\/p>\n

“In all, 142 people answered the question, \u201cShould Idaho implement a state-operated exchange or allow the federal government to implement the exchange in our state?\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Of those, 77.5 percent voted for a state-run exchange and 22.5 percent voted for a federally-operated exchange.” –<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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