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March 28, 2012

Supreme Court brings up Utah’s health care exchange

The Salt Lake Tribune–U.S. Supreme Court Justice Eena Kagan mentioned Utah’s state health insurance exchange during arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that everyone purchase health insurance by 2014. “Justice Elena Kagan said it appeared the act and its benefits to consumers could operate outside of the requirement that everyone buy coverage. ‘Although the exchanges function perfectly well in Utah, where there is no mandate,’ Kagan said. ‘They function differently, but they function.’”



October 3, 2011

Utah Republican governor calls for expanding exchanges, encouraging individual responsibility

ThinkProgress – Utah solutions sound a lot like Affordable Care Act solutions, according to blogger Igor Volsky.



February 16, 2011

Utah fights to be model for bare-bones health exchange

Politico – Utah stands with Massachusetts as one of only two states with statewide health insurance exchanges in operation. It’s a bare-bones system with minimal bureaucracy, and the state would like it to stay that way.



March 22, 2010

States Say Overhaul Will Bust Already Strained Medicaid Budget

BusinessWeek – President Barack Obama faces a fight over the health-care overhaul from states that say they’ll sue because the legislation’s expansion of Medicaid imposes a fiscal strain their cash-strapped budgets can’t afford.



September 14, 2009

Democrats play down public health option

The Washington Times – The White House and its Democratic allies on Sunday tried to play down the role of a government insurance option in health care legislation as the party in power worked to reclaim momentum on President Obama’s top domestic priority.



March 23, 2009

Number of uninsured Utahns up slightly in 2008

The Salt Lake Tribune – The Utah Department of Health says the percentage of uninsured Utahns changed little from 2007 to 2008. The Utah Healthcare Access Survey, released as part of Cover the Uninsured Week, shows 10.7 percent of Utahns were uninsured in 2008, up slightly from 10.6 percent in 2007.

Click here to see Utah’s State Health Guide.



March 16, 2009

The Utah way of health reform

ZDNet – Conservatives seeking a model for their own brand of health reform will find their Massachusetts in Utah, where Gov. Jon Huntsman today signed four laws aimed at cutting costs without making wholesale changes in the system.

Click here to see Massachusetts’ State Health Guide.



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