{"id":9003,"date":"2012-07-11T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T23:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2012-07-11T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:06:15","slug":"retired-probation-officer-leads-modest-fight-for-idaho-medicaid-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/07\/11\/retired-probation-officer-leads-modest-fight-for-idaho-medicaid-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Probation Officer Leads (Modest) Fight For Idaho Medicaid Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Courtesy Will Cavanaugh<\/p>

Boise resident Will Cavanaugh says he started the SignOn petition on a whim last week.<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week, Boise resident Will Cavanaugh, 77, found an email in his inbox.\u00a0 It was from left-leaning political action group MoveOn.org.\u00a0 Would he like to write a petition about anything?\u00a0 “Sure,” he thought.\u00a0 Healthcare was on his mind, given the recent Supreme Court ruling.\u00a0 “How about the Medicaid expansion<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

So Cavanaugh, who describes himself as an Idaho native and retired federal probation officer, did the modern version of taking a clipboard door-to-door.\u00a0 He wrote up an online petition<\/a>.\u00a0 It was addressed to Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter.\u00a0 It was short and to-the-point.\u00a0 “We call on Governor Otter to honor the spirit of the Supreme Court decision on the health care act and accept the federal financial help offered,” it began.<\/p>\n

It was posted last Wednesday.\u00a0 “On Thursday, there were 50 people who had signed up,” Cavanaugh said today.\u00a0 “Now I\u2019m up to 1,824!\u00a0 They want me to take it to the Governor when it gets to 2,000!”<\/p>\n

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