SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is proposing changes to a full Medicaid expansion passed by voters in November. Republican Sen. Allen Christensen of North Ogden tells The Salt Lake Tribune that the plan needs “guardrails” in place to avoid cost overruns. He says a sales tax increase […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are asking the federal government to cancel their request for a limited Medicaid expansion with a work requirement after voters approved a full expansion. Utah Department of Health spokeswoman Kolbi Young says the state has asked federal Medicaid officials to indefinitely suspend consideration […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A recent report says Medicaid spending per capita in Utah is the lowest in the nation. The Deseret News reports a study by Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan policy research nonprofit in Salt Lake City, says $703 in combined state and federal Medicaid dollars were spent per capita […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah elections data shows backers of Medicaid expansion there have gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot. Organizer RyLee Curtis said Friday her group is going to the voters after years of unsuccessfully pushing state lawmakers to cover thousands of the state’s poor. Similar […]
