medicaid

2019 Bills

HB 392: Telemedicine in Medicaid

This bill codifies what Medicaid often does already, in providing reimbursement for the use of telehealth services along with normal services.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 24th Feb 2019

2019 Bills

SB 96: Guardrails Around Medicaid Expansion

This bill places some restraints on the state's implementation of Medicaid expansion in order to seek a federal waiver and implement caps to ensure the state budget is not unexpectedly affected.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 29th Jan 2019

Op-Eds

Common Sense Healthcare Solutions Need More Than Band-Aids

Most everyone agrees that our healthcare system is broken. Prices continue to skyrocket and affordability seems to be a pipe dream for many people. So what, if anything, can be done to help fix it?

Michael Melendez
| 28th Sep 2018

2018 Bills

SB 172: Greater Flexibility in Administering Medicaid

This bill instructs the Utah Department of Health to seek waivers designed to allow for more flexibility in how this welfare program is administered.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 12th Feb 2018

Blog

The Graveyard of Bad Policy Ideas

Beware the graveyard of bad policy ideas. Just when they seem to be defeated once and for all, they rise up from the grave again. We affectionately call these policy ideas “zombies.”

Michael Melendez
| 31st Oct 2017

2016 Bills

HB 302: Expanding Medicaid in Utah

Libertas Institute Staff
| 8th Feb 2016

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