HB 19: Right to Shop for Health Care Services
This bill requires Utah's public employee insurance program to create savings reward programs to allow government employees to shop for low cost health care service options.
Combating Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs with “Right to Shop”
With healthcare on the front of everyone’s minds as Congress continues to formulate a replacement to ObamaCare, here is an idea that could revolutionize the industry and drive costs down tremendously. One of the largest...
How much do you pay for your health care?
Price shopping for medical services can be very difficult and time consuming, as prices aren’t generally accurate, and they vary depending on who’s paying the bill. If you have to price shop through an insurance company, it gets...
HB113: Exempting Health Sharing from Insurance Regulations
This bill was tabled in committee. Libertas Institute supports this bill. The (not so) Affordable Care Act is a federal law that, among many other things, mandates the purchase of insurance. Not many are aware that members of...
HB141: Legalizing Zenefits in Utah
This bill passed the House 61-4 and passed the Senate unanimously. It was subsequently signed into law by Governor Herbert. Libertas Institute supports this bill. In late 2014, the Utah Insurance Department attempted to shut down...
“Business-friendly” Utah Unfriending New Startup
Governor Herbert declared November 29th as “Small Business Saturday.” This was a well needed reprieve from the anti-business Thursday just one week prior when the Utah Insurance Department attempted to shut down online HR startup...