{"id":16750,"date":"2013-04-05T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2013-04-05T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:40:25","slug":"idaho-gov-butch-otter-reiterates-wish-to-hold-off-on-expanding-medicaid-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/04\/05\/idaho-gov-butch-otter-reiterates-wish-to-hold-off-on-expanding-medicaid-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Gov. Butch Otter Reiterates Wish To Hold Off On Expanding Medicaid Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron Kunz \/ Boise State Public Radio<\/p>

Gov. Butch Otter talked with reporters at the Associated Press legislative preview, Jan. 4, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

“There’s no definite decision on not expanding Medicaid, yet.”<\/p>\n

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter offered that equivocal statement in a press conference marking the close of the 2013 legislative session<\/a>. He’s determined, he said, to find ways to inject more personal accountability into Idaho’s Medicaid system.<\/p>\n

“We’ll get eight months and some change in order to continue to study that,” Otter said. “I will try to keep, to the extent that I can, all of the legislators in the state aware of our progress toward the first of next January.”<\/p>\n

The federal Affordable Care Act encourages states to expand Medicaid eligibility and allow people who live at or below 138 percent of the poverty line to enroll in the entitlement program. Currently in Idaho, a single adult earns too much to qualify for Medicaid if he earns more than $205 a month. If access expands, that cut-off point would rise to just over $1,320 per month.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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