Source: Salt Lake City Weekly Medicaid Expan … er … Extension More than a few lawmakers were celebrating as the 2016 legislative session drew to a close, patting themselves on the back for finally passing “Medicaid expansion.” The problem, however, as critics have fiercely pointed out, is that what the Legislature passed actually has nothing
Source: The Standard Examiner A bill that would expand traditional Medicaid coverage to nearly 16,000 vulnerable adults in Utah advanced out of the House Business and Labor Committee in a 9-4 vote. Rep. James Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, is sponsor of HB437, a measure that would extend benefits to previously ineligible childless adults. “The intent of this is
Source: KUER A House committee approved a limited Medicaid expansion bill Monday afternoon, but health care advocates around the state are not all unified in support. House Bill 437 would give Medicaid benefits to those in extreme poverty in Utah. The bill’s sponsor House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan says it would cover a portion of those
Source: Deseret News A bill backed by Republican House leaders extending Medicaid coverage to Utahns in the “greatest need” because of homelessness, run-ins with the law, substance abuse or mental health issues won committee approval Monday. “We have the opportunity to improve the lives of 16,000 of our fellow Utahns,” House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan,
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune With backing from advocates for the poor, a House committee approved legislation Monday that would provide health-care coverage to a portion of Utah’s chronically homeless, mentally ill and those recently released from prison. “We have an opportunity to improve the lives of 16,000 of our fellow Utahns. These are people
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Utahns who could have received health care if the Legislature had expanded Medicaid in the past two years again pleaded with lawmakers to take action — although the action they appear most likely to take would cover only the poorest Utahns while leaving tens of thousands without health coverage. HB437,
Source: Deseret News Utah’s House speaker has once again put his foot down when it comes to Medicaid expansion, but Utahns are still asking for broader access than what one popular bill would provide. House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan, R-Kearns, has proposed HB437 to expand coverage to the poorest in Utah, specifically childless adults who are chronically
Source: KSL It was a different cast of characters testifying about the need for Medicaid expansion in Utah Thursday. What is typically an unending list of patients pleading with lawmakers to give them access to health insurance, Thursday’s meeting was filled with organizational executives, local religious leaders, doctors and other providers, professors and experts, economists
Source: Deseret News It was a different cast of characters testifying about the need for Medicaid expansion in Utah Thursday. What is typically an unending list of patients pleading with lawmakers to give them access to health insurance, Thursday’s meeting was filled with organizational executives, local religious leaders, doctors and other providers, professors and experts,
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