Idaho Legislature’s budget committee cuts funding for graduate medical education

By: Clark Corbin

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: March 31, 2026

Words: 725

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Despite Idaho having the fewest medical professionals per capita in the United States, the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on Tuesday cut funding for graduate medical education that helps train health care workers.

The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, voted 12-7 to reduce funding for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s health care policy initiatives program in the Division of Public Health Services by a total of $478,600.

Idaho needs 1,400 more …

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