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Andi Arnold instructs her class virtually from her classroom at Caldwell High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.
By CLARK CORBIN
Idaho Education News Dec 29, 2020
On Wednesday afternoon, the Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee budgeted the last of the $1.25 billion in CARES Act funding Idaho received in the spring, writes Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public TV s Idaho Reports. Alex Adams, CFAC chairman and administrator of the Division of Financial Management, said the proposals are meant to bridge Idahoâs continued needs with what isnât covered in the new funding package passed by Congress.
Those allocations include:
⢠$29 million for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare for vaccinations, increased daily rates for patients in long term care facilities, caring for COVID-positive patients in skilled nursing facilities, testing and tracing, and communications;
A year in, Idaho is paying more for new Medicaid enrollees with expensive conditions idahopress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from idahopress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IDAHO FALLS â Aâlana Marmel had insurance.
It was a last resort policy â one that might not help a ton with routine doctor visits, but would keep the single mother of two afloat if an emergency struck. Catastrophic insurance, as brokers call it.
Then Marmel needed surgery. It could wait. So she did. A year later, she had her medically necessary but not time-sensitive surgery â an ovarian mass found to be benign once removed â after Medicaid expansion took effect in Idaho this January.
âI ended up having to basically wait,â Marmel recalled recently. At a screening before the surgery, she found out the mass had grown more complex.
A lana Marmel had insurance.
It was a last resort policy â one that might not help a ton with routine doctor visits, but would keep the single mother of two afloat if an emergency struck. Catastrophic insurance, as brokers call it.
Then Marmel needed surgery. It could wait. So she did. A year later, she had her medically necessary but not time-sensitive surgery â an ovarian mass found to be benign once removed â after Medicaid expansion took effect in Idaho this January.
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Story continues below video I ended up having to basically wait, Marmel recalled recently. At a screening before the surgery, she found out the mass had grown more complex.