Civil rights hero Rosa Parks’ name was invoked again Thursday by an opponent of a state health exchange, arguing Idaho shouldn’t cooperate with President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, used Parks as an example of defying…
Above: Sheryl Nuxholl of Cottonwood debates against the health exchange. Opponents of Gov. Butch Otter’s state-run health exchange are playing hard ball in attempting to stall the bill before final passage. At the start of Thursday’s debate, Sen. Dean Mortimer,…
Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, and six other lawmakers have asked for an inquiry into possible violations of the Idaho Telephone Solicitation Act by opponents Gov. Butch Otter’s health insurance exchange bill. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office is reviewing the…
The Idaho House delivered Gov. Butch Otter the most significant legislative victory of his six years in office Wednesday, passing his bill establishing a state-run health insurance exchange. The 41-29 vote on House Bill 248 came after a two-year effort,…
House and Welfare Committee Chairman Fred Wood invoked President Lincoln’s memory Thursday in urging calm and respect on the hot-button issue of the year, GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s push for a state-based health insurance exchange to allow consumers to shop…
Pressing his case after a 23-12 Senate vote for his state-based health insurance exchange, Gov. Butch Otter says in an op-ed that such exchanges were considered good policy in the private sector long before the passage of President Obama’s Affordable…
A bill intended to add to Gov. Butch Otter’s Senate Bill 1042 by strengthening legislative oversight has won a key block of votes for the most controversial measure of the 2013 session. A “trailer” bill to complement SB 1042 was…
“Be there or be square” was the talk of the Statehouse Tuesday, as behind-the-scenes negotiations intensified on Gov. Butch Otter’s plan to enact an Idaho-run health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. A new bill aimed at capturing votes…
The Senate Commerce & Human Resources Committee voted 8-1 Thursday afternoon to send Gov. Butch Otter’s health insurance exchange bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. The lone dissenter was Boise Democrat Branden Durst, who said…
Idaho Republican Party Chairman Barry Peterson reminded the 85 Republicans in the 105-member Legislature that the party’s State Central Committee has voted to oppose GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s push for a state-run health exchange. “We have a great respect for…
