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Devastating Medicaid Repeal Bill is Killed After Overwhelming Opposition

BOISE, Idaho –– The threat of Medicaid expansion repeal and to Idahoans’ access to health care that was House Bill 138 ended Tuesday morning when HB 328 was introduced as ... voted to initiate Medicaid expansion, business leaders, economists, health care providers, professionals and advocates from across the spectrum of disciplines, including cancer care, children’s and mental health. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is grateful that lawmakers heard those voices and decided to end what was a clear effort at Medicaid expansion repeal. ACS CAN hopes lawmakers also hear that, despite the removal of the repeal trigger language, HB 328 introduces new red tape and barriers for Medicaid ...

Idaho Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Save Lives and Money

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho didn’t measure up to any of the policy recommendations in the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. One critical area where voters have ...

Idaho Must Stand Up to Big Tobacco

... elected officials across the state to do more to reduce tobacco use. The Great American Smokeout is a day for people who smoke or use any form of tobacco, including e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches, to create a plan to quit. In Idaho, tobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of disease and death, and smoking is linked to at least 12 types of cancers, including lung, liver and colorectal cancers. Each year, 1.800 die ... data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 10.4% of adults in Idaho smoke. These products are highly addictive, and it can be difficult for people to quit using tobacco once they have started. “The Great American Smokeout is not just an opportunity for people who ...

State Legislature Continues Assault on Idahoans’ Health Care  

... cruel to those engaging in treatment for diseases like cancer. This statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Idaho Government Relations Director Randy Johnson can be used in full or in part:  “Voters have told lawmakers repeatedly to stop these ... old play with a different name.   “It is important to recognize that both federal and Idaho policymakers have already acted on the issue of work-reporting requirements. Congress passed work requirement policies through H.R.1, and Idaho recently passed House Bill 345, mandating ... Advancing HB 913 now adds further bureaucracy to a system already undergoing significant change, without understanding the real-world impact of the policies already enacted.   “The provisions of HB 913 adopt the harshest state options allowed under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. ...

2020 Idaho Legislative Wrap Up

Idaho’s 2020 legislative session has come to an end. While the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) did not have a major legislative victory during the session, there is certainly a lot of positive news that we can report.  The session ended with growing concern about COVID-19 and our daily lives have certainly changed as a result ... request.  The legislature discussed, but ultimately did not act on proposals to require counties to help fund the state’s share of the cost to expand the Medicaid program. Idaho is still awaiting feedback from the federal government on the proposal to add work and related reporting ...

Idaho Falling Short in Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho measured up to policy recommendations in only one of the eight evaluated issue areas.  The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which is the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. The 17th edition of the report highlights what we must do more to reduce ...

Idaho Policy Forum: Speaker Bios

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Whitney Jones, MD, Medical Advisor for GRAIL, Inc. Dr. Whitney Jones is a Gastroenterologist, a former Clinical Professor of Medicine and current adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and information services at the University of Louisville.  He is a ... pragmatic state-based laws which lower barriers to access evidence-based CRC screening. Kentucky is the first state in the nation to mandate no cost sharing coverage for preventative evidence-based genetic panel testing for hereditary cancers including Lynch Syndrome.  These laws have ... travelling with his wife, daughter, and labradoodle.  Mihir currently resides in Portland, Oregon.  Closing Speakers: Cody Wolf, ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador for Idaho Cody has been a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN since 2011. During his undergraduate ...

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