Eric Rumple, analyst and investigator extraordinaire for Better UTAH, penned an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune over the weekend in which he makes the case for expanding Medicaid in Utah.
Without Medicaid expansion, a person getting back on his/her feet and earning more income faces a much earlier and abrupt loss of Medicaid, putting that person into a situation where he likely can’t afford any health insurance, but where he could now be required to buy his own health insurance. It may very well seem to him like a double penalty.
Read the whole opinion here.
