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House passes health-system amendment defining 'federal health care reform' after heated debate
Summary
After several hours of debate over fiscal and constitutional risks, the Utah House on Feb. 11 approved First Substitute House Bill 67, as amended, by a 53–20 vote. Sponsor Rep. Karl Wimmer said the amendment clarifies what the legislature means by 'federal health care reform.'
Representative Karl Wimmer, sponsor of First Substitute House Bill 67, led a substantive floor debate Wednesday on an amendment that defines the phrase “federal health care reform” and establishes a review process before federal provisions take effect in Utah.
Wimmer told the House the amendment defines federal reform to include an individual mandate to buy insurance, any employer mandate on small businesses, penalties on employers who do not provide coverage, expansions of Medicaid or CHIP and the creation of new government-run insurance programs. “This is the definition of federal health care reform that we have…
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