BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Randi La Salle said Medicaid was a lifesaver for her family. When her youngest son was born without a fully developed ureter, a tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder, he had to undergo several costly surgeries that were covered by the government program, which provides health insurance to low-income adults.

Without it, she would have gone bankrupt.

But in 2023 the state began reevaluating Idahoans covered by Medicaid.

More than 185,000 residents were dropped from the program, including La Salle and her four children.

La Salle’s family has been on and off Medicaid after being dropped in 2023.

Now, she worries that coverage is in jeopardy once more, since Congress passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that slashes federal spendin

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