Idaho Families Fight for Caregiver Program
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Idaho Families Face Crisis After Medicaid Program Ends: A New Bill Offers Hope
After Idaho ended a Medicaid program that paid parents and spouses to care for their disabled children or partners, families are struggling to find outside help. The program, which started with flexibility during the pandemic, grew popular but faced cost issues and fraud concerns. Now, with a nationwide shortage of caregivers and low pay, families like Trixy Wades, who has a ten-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy, are working opposite shifts and burning through savings. A new bill from Representative Ilana Rubel and Representative Marco Erickson aims to restart the program, capped at one thousand families and twenty-five paid hours per week for parents or spouses.
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