Idaho cut services for people with schizophrenia. Then the deaths began.
Idaho’s experience could serve as a harbinger for other states.
From The Times
April 15, 2026

Idaho eliminated a Medicaid program that delivered medical care to people with severe mental illness. There were so many bad outcomes that Republican lawmakers reversed the cuts.

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