Idaho Highlights
18 Idaho's 2019 Rank
To learn more about state rank, visit our 2019 Scorecard on State Health System Performance.
Source: Commonwealth Fund 2019
Key Demographics
| Idaho | US Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 1,696,598 | 320,842,721 |
| Median Household Income | $55,615 | $65,727 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 34% | 31% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 82% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 1% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 5% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicity | 12% | 18% |
Key Health Policies in Idaho
Idaho Performance Data
Idaho Policy Data
| Policy | Source | Action Taken | Notes | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <p>Medicaid expansion status</p> | The Commonwealth Fund | 3 | Ballot initiative to expand Medicaid passed, state has not yet expanded | Ballot initiative to expand Medicaid passed in November 2018 |
| <p>Medicaid work requirement status</p> | The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | No work requirement | - |
| <p>Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace type</p> | Center on Health Insurance Reforms, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute | 3 | State-based marketplace | The state is responsible for all marketplace functions, including health plan management, consumer assistance, eligibility and enrollment, financing, and marketing and outreach. The state manages its own marketplace website where individuals can enroll in coverage. |
| State-operated individual market reinsurance programs supported by federal funding from an ACA innovation waiver | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State does not operate a reinsurance program | Has not applied for a future waiver |
| State requirements for individuals to maintain adequate health coverage (individual mandates) | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | No state requirement for individuals to maintain adequate health coverage | - |
| State subsidies for individual market coverage | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State does not provide premium or cost-sharing subsidies for individual market coverage | - |
| <p>State regulation of short-term limited duration coverage </p> | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State does not have stricter limits than the federal government on the sale of short-term coverage | - |
| <p>State decisions to extend the annual open enrollment period for ACA marketplace coverage </p> | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State did not extend the open enrollment period for 2018 coverage and has not yet announced an extension for 2019 enrollment period | - |
| <p>Rules to a promote competitive marketplace </p> | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State has not established rules to promote a competitive ACA marketplace | - |
| State decisions regarding whether to allow non-compliant transitional policies in the individual market | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 1 | State permits insurers to sell non-compliant transitional policies in the individual market | - |
| <p>State decisions to exempt other coverage products from federal and state consumer protections</p> | J. Giovannelli, K. Lucia, and S. Corlette, "To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States." The Commonwealth Fund | 0 | State does not exempt other coverage products from federal and state rules for individual market insurance | - |
| <p>Status of state Affordable Care Act innovation waivers</p> | J. Giovannelli and K. Lucia, "States See Opportunities for Flexibility in the ACA’s Innovation Waiver Program." The Commonwealth Fund | 4 | Waiver withdrawn from federal consideration/no longer under active federal review | Waiver application submitted to the federal government on July 15, 2019. Application failed preliminary federal review (did not demonstrate compliance with deficit neutrality requirement) on August 29, 2019. The 2019 application sought to permit individuals from 100% to 138% FPL who will be eligible for Medicaid expansion in 2020 to choose instead to enroll in ACA marketplace coverage. In 2017, the state released but never submitted an unrelated waiver application. The 2017 application sought to extend eligibility for ACA subsidies to individuals under 100% FPL who are not eligible for Medicaid. This program would have operated in conjunction with a proposed Medicaid waiver that would have transferred individuals with certain chronic medical conditions from the individual market to Medicaid. |