Medicaid expansion

There are 85,000 low-income adults who rely on Utah’s expansion program to receive Medicaid, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. If the work requirement goes forward, people would need to either participate or prove they meet exemptions.

The federal government has given Utah’s “Fallback Plan” on Medicaid Expansion the go ahead, bringing a long and drawn-out process closer — though not all…

Friday marked the beginning of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. And this year, Utahns will have more options.…

The Utah Department of Health is holding public hearings this week on the latest installment of the state’s Medicaid expansion program. The move comes…

Medicaid, the low-income health insurance program, is once again at the forefront of the health care policy debate in Utah. Last week, Utah lawmakers…

Updated 2:30 p.m. MDT 7/27/19 The Utah Legislature’s partial Medicaid expansion plan has been blocked by the Trump administration, state officials…

Utah’s Medicaid expansion plan had a final public hearing Monday night in Salt Lake City. After the window closes for online comments at the end of the…

The public will have a chance to weigh in on the last step towards implementing the Utah Legislature’s Medicaid expansion plan during a hearing on…

Utah’s long waited Medicaid expansion proposal will move ahead. Officials received word from the federal government today that the state has received…

Enrollment for Utah’s long-awaited Medicaid expansion starts in less than two weeks. State officials are optimistic that things will go smoothly but…

Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law a bill amending Utah’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion on Monday, hours after the state Senate passed it and despite…

The Utah House of Representatives passed the latest version of a scaled-back Medicaid expansion bill on Friday, giving a clear path for the proposal to…