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Utah Senate sends 'swing-out' access bill to House after tense debate over 95% reimbursement
Summary
The Utah Senate approved Second Substitute Senate Bill 34, allowing patients to seek care outside managed‑care panels with outside reimbursements set at 95% of panel rates; the measure passed 19–8 after extended debate over costs, provider incentives and unintended effects.
Second Substitute Senate Bill 34, a measure to let insured patients seek care outside managed‑care panels while requiring plans to reimburse outside providers at 95% of contracted panel rates, passed the Utah Senate on Feb. 11 and was referred to the House.
Senator D. Chris Butters, the bill sponsor, framed the measure as a patients’ access bill and said it was driven by patient demand from several clinics: "I really believe this is a true patient's bill," he told colleagues on the floor. Supporters said the option would…
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