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Utah House approves Medicaid expansion waiver with work requirement, sends bill to Senate
Summary
The House passed House Bill 472 on March 5, 2018, sending a Utah-designed Medicaid expansion waiver with cost controls, a TANF-modeled work requirement, and a contingency that sunsets the program if federal matching falls below 90% to the Senate by a 47–27 vote.
Representative Brent Spendlove presented House Bill 472, a legislative plan to expand health coverage to people in the coverage gap while including a work requirement and fiscal safeguards. He said the bill repurposes existing funding and includes mechanisms to “mitigate risk” so the program will not grow beyond state control. "House Bill 472 is the direct result of our years of work," Spendlove said during his presentation.
Supporters argued the waiver will reduce cost-shifting to emergency departments and lower overall health-care costs by enrolling recipients in managed care. Representative Ward said the bill would remove…
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