Initiative's repeal would strip healthcare from many

Is this what you really voted for or maybe you voted for Cornel Rasor only because he’s a Republican. Now it’s past time that you pay attention. Are you willing to take healthcare away from 90,000 working Idahoans, one of whom might be you?

Medicaid expansion is on the line and Rep. Rasor voted to move HB 138 out of committee and for it to pass in the House. This bill will deny healthcare to working folks who live at 133% below the poverty line and who work too many hours or make just a little too much money to qualify for regular Medicaid. Does this feel right to you or maybe you just don’t care. Medicaid expansion was passed by the people of Idaho with a 61% margin — 90% of the cost is picked up by the federal government.

What is going on in this state? It definitely is not the same place I moved to 50 years ago.

SYLVIA HUMES

Sandpoint