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January 2010

• Feds reject Utah's low Medicaid pay for dentists (Salt Lake Tribune 1/13/10)
• Guest Editorial: Federal healthcare reform is not unconstitutional
  (Utah Policy Daily 1/13/10)
• Utah Repubicans call health care bill unconstitutional (Deseret News 1/12/10)
• Democratic party says Shurtleff is pandering to "Glenn Beck Kool-Aid crowd"
  (KCPW 1/7/10)
• Utah lawmakers dig in on federal health reform (Salt Lake Tribune 1/5/10)
• Access Utah (Utah Public Radio 1/4/2009)

December 2009

• Utah may sue over national health care reform (KSL.com 12/29/09)
• Shurtleff may sue to stop health care reform (Salt Lake Tribune 12/29/09)
• Utah senators decry health care bill, advocates praise it
  (Deseret News 12/24/09)
• Requirement for Americans to get insurance is central to health overhaul
  (Kaiser Health News 12/21/09)
  
• A fix for the Utah Health Exchange? (Salt Lake Tribune 12/21/09)
• Lawsuit against Intermountain Healthcare draws calls for change
  (KSL.com 12/18/09)
• Utah at a Crossroads: Time to get started on national health reform
  (Utah Policy Daily 12/16/09)
  
• Health care reform bill could aid 237,000 Utahns (Deseret News 12/16/09)
• Gov.'s budget proposal to face debate from Legislature (KSL.com 12/14/09)
• Medicaid cuts helpful or harmful? (KCPW 12/9/09)
• COBRA subsidies starting to expire (Salt Lake Tribune 12/2/09)

November 2009

• State Health Beat (Families USA November 2009)
• Utah could use health reform (Salt Lake Tribune 11/30/2009)
• State releases health plan ratings (Salt Lake Tribune 11/24/2009)
• Virtual insurance market hits bump (Salt Lake Tribune 11/20/2009)
• Health care talk in Orem (Daily Herald 11/19/2009)
• Lobbyists argue for health care reform (BYU Universe 11/18/2009)
• County residents discuss national health care reform (Daily Herald 11/11/09)
• Utah's Democrat will vote 'no' on health reform bill (Salt Lake Tribune 11/7/09)
• Matheson to vote 'no' on health care bill (KSL.com 11/6/09)
• Utah holds health care reform forum (CBS Channel 2 Utah 11/4/09)

October 2009

• Utah lawmakers dislike Reid's public-option proposal (Deseret News (10/26/09)
• Health care - a right? (Deseret News (10/21/09)
• Proposals target health care waste (Deseret News 10/21/09)
• Cops bust clandestine dental lab (Daily Herald 10/9/09)
• Fewer Utahns may get in-home care (Salt Lake Tribune 10/9/09)
• One state's solution may not be a model for the nation
  (The New York Times 10/6/09)
• Utah advocates lament fraying of social safety net (Salt Lake Tribune 10/4/09)
• Employer mandate on health care largely symbolic (Salt Lake Tribune 10/4/09)
• Hatch joins medical firms' fight against reform fees (Salt Lake Tribune 10/2/09)

September 2009

• PBS Special Report on Health Care Reform (KUED.org 9/24/09)
• McEntee: Don't stint on health care for neediest Utahns
  (Salt Lake Tribune 9/29/09)
• Possible Medicaid cuts coming (ABC Channel 4 Utah 9/28/09)
• Utah struggles to fund Medicaid (CBS Channel 2 Utah 9/28/09)
• State Medicaid enrollment increases (FOX 13 Utah 9/28/09)
• Utahns asking lawmakers to support Medicaid funding (KSL.com 9/28/09)
• Utah's Medicaid seeks wider saftey net (Deseret News 9/28/09)
• Utah Medicaid wants a big boost (Salt Lake Tribune 9/27/09)
• Judi Hilman, Executive Director of the Utah Health Policy Project
  (Utah Policy Daily 9/15/09)
• Health policy group seeks best options (Deseret News 9/14/09)
• Utah Health Exchange aims to improve choice (The Park Record 9/11/09)
• State sees drop in uninsured (Salt Lake Tribune 9/11/09)
• Many Utahs uninsured in '08 (Deseret News 9/10/09)
• Utah group seeks health-care reform minus the politics (Deseret News 9/8/09)
• Health care debate too controversial for some (KSL.com 9/8/09)
• Locals say health reform still needed for those who have insurance
  (KCPW 9/8/09)
• Close to home: What Utah is doing to get you insured
  (Salt Lake Tribune 9/4/09)
• Utah Medicaid needs reform (Salt Lake Tribune 9/4/09)

August 2009

• Utah's grand health lab (Daily Herald 8/26/09)
• New health exchange opens array of options (Davis County Clipper 8/26/09)
• Rising health care costs tough on small business (KSL.com 8/20/09)
• Health Exchange launches amid reform questions (Daily Herald 8/20/09)
• Health care special interests speak out (Daily Herald 8/20/09)
• Utah legislators decry health-care reform (Deseret News 8/19/09)
• Utahn's insurance premiums rising faster than income, report says
  (Deseret News 8/19/09)
• Utah launches health-exchange website (Deseret News 8/19/09)
• Utah lawmakers debate federal healthcare reform bill
  (Salt Lake Tribune 8/19/09)
• Utahns' earnings no match for skyrocketing health insurance premiums
  (Salt Lake Tribune 8/19/09)
• Health Exchange 'open for business' (Salt Lake Tribune 8/19/09)
• Utah Health Exchange underscores need for National Reform
  (Utah Policy Daily 8/18/09)
• Public ire felt at forum (The Spectrum 8/14/09)
• The Intermountain Healthcare Paradigm (KUER 8/13/09)
• Small business owners weigh in on health care reform (KSL.com 8/13/09)
• Meeting to offer explainations (The Spectrum 8/13/09)
• Health care reform vital to businesses (Davis County Clipper 8/11/09)
• Health care reform: Influx of newly insured may overwhelm Utah docs
  (Salt Lake Tribune 8/3/09)
• Census: 1 in 6 Utahns in '06 lacked health plan (Deseret News 8/3/09)

July 2009

• Will federal health reform render Utah's state-level reform a waste of time? (Utah Policy Daily 7/22/09)
• Report: 58k Utahns will lose insurance by 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune 7/16/09)
• More Utahns on Medicaid lose dental coverage (Salt Lake Tribune 7/11/09)
• Small Business Majority Newsletter (7/10/09)
• Utah small business owners struggling for health coverage (Daily Herald 7/9/09)
• Health-care cost a killer for Utah small businesses (Standard Examiner 7/9/09)
• Firms want health reform (Deseret News 7/9/09)
• Small Utah businesses urge health reform (Salt Lake Tribune 7/9/09)
• Survey: Utah's small businesses say cost is main barrier to providing health care (Fox 13 - Associated Press 7/9/09)
• Local Survey: Small businesses can't afford health insurance
  (Fox 13 News 7/8/09)
• Utah small businesses back public-private health care reform (KUER 7/8/09)
  
• Health reform advocates release report on Utah's small businesses
  (KCPW 7/8/09)
• Survey: Rising health care costs biggest hardship for Utah small businesses (Fox 13 News 7/8/09)
• Health insurance: big problem for small businesses (KSL.com 7/8/09)
• Access Utah (Utah Public Radio7/8/09)
• Utah small businesses and health care reform (utahnewssource.com 7/8/09)
• Families without medical coverage face tough battles (The Spectrum 7/6/09)
• Questions raised about costs, access (The Spectrum 7/6/09)

June 2009

• Utahns concerned about health reform (Davis County Clipper 6/30/09)
• Small-business owners need health care reform (Salt Lake Tribune 6/27/09)
• Nation's economic standing hinges on health care debate, Leavitt says
  (Salt Lake Tribune 6/25/09)
• Health reform group promotes understanding (KSL.com 6/23/09)
• National health reform underway (KCPW.org 6/22/09)
• Share health-care costs (Deseret News 6/14/09)
• Unlikely lobbyist takes on insurance (Deseret News 6/13/09)

May 2009

• Utah economy experts say recovery from recession unlikely in 2009
  (Park Record 5/26/09)
• Health insurance costs cut income (Davis County Clipper 5/21/09)
• Law and Order (DOTmed.com 5/20/09)
• CHIPped Away (Salt Lake City Weekly 5/13/09)
• Health cost concessions cheered (Deseret News 5/11/09)
• More educated parents have healthier kids (Deseret News 5/10/09)
• Small Business Majority Newsletter (5/5/09)
• Should states be given autonomy in developing health reform? (KCPW 5/4/09)
• Utah hospitals significantly affected by Medicaid reimbursement cuts (Kaisernetwork.org 5/4/09)
• 1 in 4 Utah families spend 10 percent of income on health care
  (Daily Herald 5/3/09)
• Health-reform train is leaving the station (Salt Lake Tribune 5/1/09)
• No surprise: Health care hard on budget (Salt Lake Tribune 5/1/09)
• Medicaid cuts leave hospitals strapped (Salt Lake Tribune 5/1/09)

April 2009

• 620,00 Utahns spend 10 percent of wages on health insurance
  (KCPW 4/29/09)
• Cost of health care pinches Utahns (Deseret News 4/29/09)
• New subsidies help the uninsured keep insurance (Salt Lake Tribune 4/18/09)
• 1/3 Uninsured in 2007-08 (Deseret News 4/8/09)

March 2009

• Nearly 300K uninsured Utahns (Deseret News 3/24/09)
• Utah's uninsured rate held steady in 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune 3/23/09)
• Taking some sting out of COBRA's bite (Salt Lake Tribune 3/21/09)
• Residents have chance to speak about health system reform
  (The Spectrum 3/20/09)
• Study: Utah poised to rebound from recession quickly (KSL.com 3/17/09)
• Medicaid in Challenging Economic Times: Devastation or Salvation
  (Media Newswire.com 3/11/09)
• Legislators wrap up $1 B in budget cuts (Salt Lake Tribune 3/7/09)

February 2009

• Health bills pave the way for meaningful system reforms
  (Salt Lake Tribune 2/28/09)
• Health-care advocates cheer federal stimulus help (Deseret News 2/27/09)
• Health reform bills given favorable recommendation (BYU NewsNet 2/26/09)
• Two Utah bills seek to lift restrictions on CHIP, Medicaid coverage for documented immigrant children (Kaisernetwork.org 2/26/09)
• Bills: Open CHIP to legal immigrant children (Salt Lake Tribune 2/24/09)
• 'Devastating statistics' - U.S. spent $2.4 trillion on health care in 2008, report says (Deseret News 2/23/09)
• Health care reform bills sail through first hurdle (Salt Lake Tribune 2/13/09)
• Democrats set meeting (Davis County Clipper 2/12/09)
• Legislator wants to open Medicaid's doors wider (Salt Lake Tribune 2/11/09)
• Davis Democrats to hold monthly breakfast Saturday (Deseret News 2/11/09)
• Two groups eye ballot initiatives for health reform (Salt Lake Tribune 2/8/09)
• Bill reduces ability for Medicaid patients to receive non-preferred prescription drugs (KCPW 2/2/09)

January 2009

• Tribune Poll: Most Utahns back making health coverage mandatory
  (Salt Lake Tribune 1/27/09)
• Ex-Guv sought transparency (Salt Lake Tribune 1/25/09)
• 2009 Legislative Preview (KUER - Radio West 1/22/09)
• Health and Human Services Appropriations subcommittee decides on recommended cuts (KCPW 1/22/09)
• Polls show where Utahns think budget cuts should be made (KSL.com 1/22/09)
• Families to Lawmakers: Don't cut quality of life (Salt Lake Tribune 1/22/09)
• Utahns speak to Legislature about need for health assistance
  (KSL.com 1/21/09)
• Legislative Preview: State lawmakers face budget shortfalls
  (Daily Herald 1/21/09)
• Impact of cuts to be targeted (Davis County Clipper 1/21/09)
• Advocacy group encourages amendments to health reform bills
  (KCPW 1/14/09)
• Medicaid programs may be on chopping block (Salt Lake Tribune 1/12/09)