Feb 20, 2019
Idaho’s application for Medicaid expansion was sent off to the feds last week, as required by Prop 2, but we still expect legislative efforts to curtail the full scope of coverage. One such effort is making its way through the Senate, another is expected in the...
Jan 22, 2019
Article Link: “Youth Hearing Aid Coverage Re-Visited In Legislature” About: Private insurance does not cover the costs for most hearing aids for youths. Efforts to change that are afoot in the state legislature. Idaho Matters follows up with the...
Jan 21, 2019
You may remember that I’ve been working with a group of parents and doctors for over a year to secure insurance coverage for hearing aids for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The lack of such coverage meant that affected families were heavily burdened...
Jan 17, 2019
Article Link: “Insurers now required to cover hearing aid costs for Idaho children” Excerpt: A rule change passed by the Idaho Legislature on Thursday means that 1,000 Idaho families who have deaf or hard of hearing children, will soon no longer need to...
