He's lying. The Legislature cut taxes by nearly half a billion dollars last year and billions over the last several years. The state has a rainy day fund it refuses to tap. /1
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Idaho Legislature introduces Medicaid expansion repeal bill • Idaho Capital Sun
After several legislative moves to punt decisions on Medicaid budget cuts, Idaho lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal Medicaid expansion.
They are intentionally balancing the budget on the backs of poor people, the sick, and others in need. /2
"Last week, the House Health and Welfare Committee voted to shelve for a week a bill that would’ve cut nearly $22 million from a Medicaid disability service called residential habilitation. /3
"That delay was why committee chairman Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, asked Redman to bring the repeal bill, Vander Woude told the committee." /4
“We have to decide whether we’re going to make our priorities those with disabilities or those without. And this is the only other option I have,” Vander Woude told the committee. He said his other bill died in committee. But the committee’s official vote was to hold the bill until March 11." /5
Tony Torres