BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to allow health insurers from other states to sell their plans in Idaho won enough support to advance to the Senate floor on Thursday, despite concerns from lawmakers the bill will likely not deliver on its promises.
“I don’t see land mines in this, I don’t think, but this language makes me wonder does it really have any utility,” said Sen. Grant Burgoyne, a Democrat from Boise, before voting favor of the measure. “And if it doesn’t, I kind of wonder what we’re doing here.”