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| Opening
Comments by State Senator Dan Schmidt |
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| Opening
Comments by State Representative Cindy Agidius |
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| When
talking about increased consumer responsibility, under Medicaid
redesign, what plans are being considered? |
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| The
Affordable Care Act requires everyone to have health insurance.
How is the state legislature going to help people who can’t
afford insurance? |
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| I’m
a perfectly healthy college student.
In order to save money, I pay for my own health insurance through
Blue Cross. Currently with
my plan I pay fifty dollars a month.
With the Affordable Care Act, I am looking to pay over double
that amount and I will be paying for things I don’t need.
How can you justify this? |
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| For
Representative Agidius:
I am unclear about where you personally are on this issue.
If it were just up to you, would you favor expansion of Medicaid
or not? |
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| Will
employers who do not pay a living wage be required to help pay for their
employees’ Medicaid? |
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| What
does one hundred percent of the federal poverty level mean in real life? |
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| We
have a relative who plans to move to Washington in late spring.
His job is in Spokane. The
company is registered in Sandpoint, Idaho.
He is not insured for health care.
He feels it is best to wait until he moves to Washington, even
though he may have to pay a fine in the meantime.
What do you think? |
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| Why
are Idaho state legislators concerned with federal medical budget
amounts that are not their responsibility? |
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| Can
you explain the Arkansas Plan and how Idaho may look to adopt portions
of the plan? |
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| For
Representative Agidius: How
do you suggest people who fall through the cracks between “No
Coverage” and “Not Eligible for Medicaid” get health care? |
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| People
already living under the poverty level, which is $710 a month for
someone under SSI, twelve hundred dollars average monthly for social
security disability. How do you expect them to pay? My
agency just wrote off $21,000 which has been deemed uncollectible.
This is a burden on the small businesses providing care. |
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| Closing
by Krista Kramer, Disabilities Actions Center |
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