Idaho submits Medicaid waiver request

Idaho has submitted its waiver request to let some people who would be covered by Medicaid expansion stay on private insurance. The “Section 1332 Coverage Choice Waiver” was submitted Monday and, if approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would give people making between 100 and 138 percent of the poverty level the option of getting federal tax credits to buy insurance on the Your Health Idaho state exchange instead of going on Medicaid when expansion kicks in on Jan. 1, 2020.