Idaho families defend disability services amid Republicans’ Medicaid budget cuts

By: Bram Sable-Smith

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 1,828

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Families of Idahoans with disabilities say their lives could be upended as lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature mull sweeping cuts.

Services at risk include the 24/7 care that allows a 39-year-old with cerebral palsy to live independently; the in-home caregiving that lets a 26-year-old with brain damage from a hemorrhage at birth stay in his family home; and private duty nursing for a 19-year-old with cerebral palsy who has qualified for hospice care for …

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