Gov. Butch Otter has sweetened an offer to trim Idaho state government retirees from the state medical plan, as the measure was debated in the House Affairs Committee. 

Otter is now offering a subsidy of $185 a month, up from $155, as part of an effort to get the House to sign off on the plan aimed at reducing Idaho’s unfunded medical liability that’s now at $442 million. 

Democrats favor waiting a year before changes are made, to better inform retirees of changes.