CMS detailed some of the specific offices impacted by cuts under Kennedy's broader plan to restructure the Department of Health and Human Services.

Officials said the job losses were necessary even as New York and other states contest the funding cuts in court.

Health and Welfare expects to save up to $40 million by switching from Blue Cross of Idaho to United Healthcare and Molina Health Care for the state’s Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible program, a spokesperson told the Idaho Statesman by email.