Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 4:54:35 GMT -6
Failure to expand Medicaid has resulted in nearly 1,000 deaths of Idahoans, doctor says
BOISE – Idaho lawmakers are responsible for the deaths of close to 1,000 Idahoans in the past three years because they’ve refused to expand Medicaid, a doctor told a state Senate committee Tuesday.
Dr. Kenneth Krell, director of critical care at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, treated 36-year-old Jenny Steinke of Idaho Falls, who died of complications from asthma.
“Jenny’s case for me really crystallized what’s wrong here,” Krell said, as the Senate panel held its first-ever hearing on legislation to expand Medicaid in Idaho.
“And I kept asking myself, how could this be? How … in a state like Idaho where we care about each other, could I be seeing deaths and really damaging illness on a nearly daily basis as a result of failure to expand Medicaid that cost tangible lives? It’s difficult to understand.”
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/02/failure-to-expand-medicaid-has-resulted-in-nearly-/
BOISE – Idaho lawmakers are responsible for the deaths of close to 1,000 Idahoans in the past three years because they’ve refused to expand Medicaid, a doctor told a state Senate committee Tuesday.
Dr. Kenneth Krell, director of critical care at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, treated 36-year-old Jenny Steinke of Idaho Falls, who died of complications from asthma.
“Jenny’s case for me really crystallized what’s wrong here,” Krell said, as the Senate panel held its first-ever hearing on legislation to expand Medicaid in Idaho.
“And I kept asking myself, how could this be? How … in a state like Idaho where we care about each other, could I be seeing deaths and really damaging illness on a nearly daily basis as a result of failure to expand Medicaid that cost tangible lives? It’s difficult to understand.”
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/02/failure-to-expand-medicaid-has-resulted-in-nearly-/