Expand Medicaid petition event is Saturday

COEUR d’ALENE — Reclaim Idaho will be collecting signatures to get Medicaid Expansion on the ballot in 2018 during its Medicaid for Idaho campaign kick-off event Saturday in the Coeur d'Alene Public Library.

The organization needs at least 56,000 signatures from supporters in 18 of Idaho's 35 legislative districts. Its members will visit seven districts in seven days during the campaign launch.

"Idaho has the opportunity to join 32 other states in expanding Medicaid and providing access to affordable health care for 78,000 of our neighbors who need it, all while saving taxpayer dollars and improving our local economy," the campaign flyer reads.

Reclaim Idaho describes itself as "a grassroots campaign designed to restore balance to the Idaho State Legislature by electing candidates who believe in strengthening public schools, protecting public lands and extending health care to working families."

The Medicaid for Idaho event will go from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The petition is available at www.MedicaidForIdaho.org.