{"id":17656,"date":"2013-05-28T17:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=17656"},"modified":"2013-05-28T17:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T23:26:01","slug":"uninsured-idaho-veterans-affected-by-decision-not-to-expand-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/05\/28\/uninsured-idaho-veterans-affected-by-decision-not-to-expand-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Uninsured Idaho Veterans Affected By Decision Not To Expand Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17657\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Click on the map to enlarge. \" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2013\/05\/Veterans-Medicaid-Map-Stateline-Urban-Institute.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17657\" title=\"Veterans Medicaid Map Stateline Urban Institute\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2013\/05\/Veterans-Medicaid-Map-Stateline-Urban-Institute-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2013\/05\/Veterans-Medicaid-Map-Stateline-Urban-Institute-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2013\/05\/Veterans-Medicaid-Map-Stateline-Urban-Institute-620x519.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2013\/05\/Veterans-Medicaid-Map-Stateline-Urban-Institute.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Stateline | Urban Institute<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the map to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly 4,000 uninsured Idaho veterans would be eligible for health insurance if the state expanded Medicaid coverage. That&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewstates.org\/projects\/stateline\/headlines\/a-quarter-million-uninsured-vets-will-miss-out-on-medicaid-expansion-85899479107\" target=\"_blank\">according to new analysis<\/a> from the Urban Institute, reported by <em>Stateline<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Idaho <a title=\"Last-Minute Push For Medicaid Expansion Fails In House Committee\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/03\/25\/last-minute-push-for-medicaid-expansion-fails-in-house-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\">isn&#8217;t expanding Medicaid coverage<\/a> to more low-income residents, although the governor has said <a title=\"Idaho Gov. Butch Otter Reiterates Wish To Hold Off On Expanding Medicaid Eligibility\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2013\/04\/05\/idaho-gov-butch-otter-reiterates-wish-to-hold-off-on-expanding-medicaid-eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\">he isn&#8217;t ruling it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Stateline<\/em> reports, in states that expand the program, adults at 138 percent of the federal poverty line (that&#8217;s earning $15,415 annually) will be eligible for health care in January through Medicaid. But not in Idaho. <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many people assume that the nation\u2019s 12.5 million non-elderly veterans receive health benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). But only two-thirds of those veterans are eligible for VA health care and only one-third are enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, there are about 1.3 million uninsured veterans.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban.org\/uploadedpdf\/412775-Uninsured-Veterans-and-Family-Members.pdf\">report<\/a>, the Urban Institute estimated that if every state embraced the new Medicaid rules, as many as 535,000 uninsured veterans and 174,000 veterans\u2019 spouses would become eligible for Medicaid coverage. &#8211; Stateline<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Idaho is one of 23 states that is not expanding <a title=\"An Essential Guide to Idaho\u2019s Medicaid Program\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medicaid<\/a> to more low-income people. Six states haven&#8217;t made a decision, 21 states will expand coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 4,000 uninsured Idaho veterans would be eligible for health insurance if the state expanded Medicaid coverage. That&#8217;s according to new analysis from the Urban Institute, reported by Stateline. Idaho isn&#8217;t expanding Medicaid coverage to more low-income residents, although the governor has said he isn&#8217;t ruling it out. As Stateline reports, in states that expand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":17657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[65,103],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17661,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17656\/revisions\/17661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}