Idaho Supports Medicaid Day at the Capitol 2025

Tuesday, January 28th

Idaho State Capitol

700 W Jefferson St, Boise, ID 83702

Agenda

8:00 AM – Lawmaker & Volunteer Networking Breakfast (First Floor Rotunda)

9:15 AM – Event Check-In (Lincoln Auditorium) 

9:30 AM – Event Program / Training 

10:30 AM – Group Photo

11:00 AM – Group Preparation

11:30 AM - Film Screening & Meetings with lawmakers (Lincoln Auditorium) 

1:00PM – Event Wrap Up

1:30 PM – Optional lunch at Chicago Connection 

3:00 PM - Optional Opportunity to attend Senate Health and Welfare Committee
 

Review our priority

• Idaho 2025 Legislative Priority Handout
• Idaho Medicaid Storybook
• Idaho Cancer Facts & Figures
• Idaho 2025 Volunteer Packet 
• Idaho Medicaid Expansion Protection talking points:
  • In 2018, Idaho voters passed Medicaid expansion with 60% of the vote, sending a strong message that Idahoans wanted to see increased access to health care for their friends and neighbors.
  • Expansion offers coverage to individuals earning up to $20,000 per year, and families of 4 earning up to $41,000 per year - working Idahoans who earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid, or too little to get financial help to purchase private insurance.
  • Increasing Medicaid eligibility means more Idahoans now have access to comprehensive coverage, including cancer screenings, diagnostic testing, treatment services and follow-up care.
  • Idaho legislators tried to override the will of the voters on health coverage expansion during the 2019 legislative session and it is important that we send a strong message that voters and constituents still overwhelmingly support Medicaid expansion and that the program has given a hand up to thousands of hard-working Idahoans in times of need.

Training Videos

• Pre-Event Training Call Recording (January 23, 2024 6pm MST)
• Telling Your Story
  • Hook, Line, Sinker Guide
  • Sample Script

Logistics

• Visitor Parking: There are a few parking options for Capitol visitors.

1. You may use the Capitol Visitor Parking spaces on the lot at 6th and State Streets. These are three-hour parking spaces and do not require a permit.
2. Metered parking is available on Jefferson, 6th, or 8th Streets around the Capitol; there is no parking available on State Street.
3. For parking for a longer period of time, we recommend that you utilize the "Capitol and Main" Parking Garage. Visit the ParkBOI website for Short-Term Parking - ParkBOI information.

FAQ

• Hotel Reminder: Please check-out before you arrive at the Capitol. 
• Volunteer Mileage Reimbursement Form 
   

Legislative "Extras"

• Idaho Legislative Glossary
• Idaho's Citizen Legislature
• Who's My Legislator?
• Idaho State Capitol
• Official Idaho Legislature website

Social Media

• Follow us on Social Media and share your reason to fight with the hashtag: #IdahoSupportsMedicaid

  • Facebook  @ACSCANIDAHO
  • X (Twitter) @ACSCAN_Idaho
  • Instagram @acscanidaho

Share Your Story 

• Lending your voice to make a difference is powerful. Sharing your story makes statistics and data become real. It is what puts a human face to a disease. Cancer. Your story saves lives.                        

           Click here to share your Cancer journey, or your experience with Medicaid. 

Let us know what Lawmakers you met with and what you learned with the report-back form!

• Report-Back Form