AARP Idaho

Idaho's Members of Congress Turning Blind Eye to State's Health Care Woes

Published in Health Business Week, December 11th, 2009

As the debate over health care reform is expected to pick up in the Senate after Thanksgiving, notices of health care premium increases are hitting mailboxes across Idaho -- leaving many families wondering how they'll be able to afford the hikes. While high health care costs have left nearly 15% of Idaho without insurance, as benefits run out for the state's 67,300 jobless residents that number will jump in the coming months.

Add into the mix the thousands of state retirees set to lose their state health insurance as they are forced onto Medicare and it is a situation that is hard, if not impossible to ignore. That's exactly what AARP says Idaho's members of Congress...

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Source: Health Business Week (2009-12-11)

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