After contract dispute with East Idaho hospital, Legislature’s task force to study health insurers

By: Kyle Pfannenstiel

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 556

Last Updated: 9 hours, 26 minutes ago

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After a major health insurer dropped an East Idaho hospital from its network, Idaho Republican legislative leaders founded a new working group of state lawmakers tasked with studying the practices of health insurance companies.

The formation of the taskforce, formally called the Idaho Health Insurers Working Group, came partly in response to lawmakers’ concerns over the contract dispute fallout, said House Speaker Mike Moyle, one of the highest-ranking Republican lawmakers. Half of the …

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