‘This perfect storm:’ How Idaho Medicaid cuts could affect everyone’s health care access

‘This perfect storm:’ How Idaho Medicaid cuts could affect everyone’s health care access

John Barnes, 55, tells documentarians about how Medicaid saved his life — helping him get substance abuse treatment and help others who live in the same sober house. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)In February 2024, the Idaho Legislature debated a bill that would’ve probably repealed Medicaid expansion. Without the program — which expanded the public assistance program to more low-income earners — John Barnes told lawmakers, “I may not be h…