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House Passes Prosthetic Parity Bill Requiring Medicare‑level Coverage
Summary
House Bill 66 passed after debate, requiring insurers to provide prosthetic-device coverage at a Medicare-equivalent reimbursement level; supporters cited low estimated per-member cost and benefits for amputees, while opponents raised concerns about preferential treatment and impacts on small employers (vote 48-25).
The Utah House passed House Bill 66 on Feb. 23, a prosthetic limb health insurance parity bill that would require insurers to provide coverage for prosthetic devices at no less than the Medicare reimbursement level and otherwise align prosthetic benefits with Medicare-level standards.
Representative Litback, sponsor, said the measure is similar to laws passed in…
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