Archives: 2007 | 2006

December 2008

• Medicaid enrollees struggle without some services (Salt Lake Tribune 12/31/08)
• Task force says Utah off to a good start on reforming health care
  (Deseret News 12/30/08)
• State takes whacks at Medicaid funds (Washington Post 12/27/08)
• Injured often refuse a ride to the hospital (Salt Lake Tribune 12/27/08)
• Obama seeks grassroots input on healthcare reform (KCPW 12/23/08)
• Speaking up on health reform (The Spectrum 12/23/08)
• Coming Tomorrow: Health Care Forum (The Spectrum 12/22/08)
• Task force unveils proposals to reform state health care system
  (KSL 12/17/08)
• Huntsman fighting to keep Medicaid off budget chopping block
  (Deseret News 12/15/08)
• Obama's push for health reform pleases Utah health care advocates
  (KCPW 12/12/08)
• Utahns urged to sign health-care letter (Deseret News 12/12/08)
• Medicaid spared in Gov budget, but will legislators follow suit? (KCPW 12/5/08)
• Politics up close: Health reform and the recession (KCPW 12/5/08)
• Health care: Medicaid, drug treatment hit hard by budget problems
  (Deseret News 12/4/08)
• Advocates want Medicaid held harmless in next round of budget cuts
  (KCPW 12/2/08)
• Input welcome on health-care reform (Deseret News 12/1/08)

November 2008

• Unpaid bills mounting at Utah hospitals (Salt Lake Tribune 11/30/08)
• Health care problem growing even among employed
  (Standard Examiner 11/21/08)
• New report: Utah 10th-worst for children lacking health insurance
  (Salt Lake Tribune 11/19/08)
• Uninsured children in Utah (The Spectrum 11/20/08)
• New report finds one in eight Utah children uninsured (KCPW 11/19/08)
• Matheson: lawmakers need to help rising number of uninsured
  (The Spectrum 11/19/08)
• Matheson urges state, federal action for Utah's uninsured kids
  (Daily Herald 11/19/08)
• Utah has high rate of uninsured children (Deseret News 11/19/08)
• Health Care Reform: You could get cash for health insurance
  (Salt Lake Tribune 11/12/08)
• Experts: Elections mean big chance for health care reform
  (Daily Herald 11/8/08)
• The Thumb (Salt Lake Tribune 11/3/08)

October 2008

• Ten extraordinary Americans recognized for local innovation in improving health and health care (Market Watch 10/29/08)
• Health care reform advocate wins honor (Salt Lake Tribune 10/29/08)
• UHPP questions potential changes to Medicaid (KCPW 10/29/08)
• Health care 'triple whammy': Insurance premiums spike in Beehive State (Salt Lake Tribune 10/24/08)
• Health care reform proposal hinges on personal responsibility (Daily Herald 10/15/08)
• Legislature should stop playing politics with healthcare (Salt Lake Tribune Guest Editorial 10/18/08)
• Key to reform: Get all Utahns covered (Salt Lake Tribune 10/14/08)
• Campus Notes (Daily Herald 10/12/08)
• Census: 388,000 in Utah without health insurance (KSL.com 10/9/08)
• Health-care meetings planned (Deseret News 10/9/08)

September 2008

• State budget balanced: Deep cuts made, but others are avoided (Salt Lake Tribune 9/26/08)
• Agencies asked to do without 3 percent (Park Record 9/26/08)
• Medicaid in Utah may lose millions (Salt Lake Tribune 9/26/08)
• Groups warn of Health and Human Service program cuts (KCPW 9/25/08)
• Affordability a big factor in health care reform discussion (Daily Herald 9/24/08)
• Medicaid funds on chopping block (Salt Lake Tribune 9/24/08)
• Could Medicaid cuts hurt the state's economy? (KCPW 9/23/08)
• Conference will address health-care reform (Deseret News 9/17/08)
• The doctor, the lobbyist (Salt Lake Tribune 9/11/08)
• Utah doctors say industry must share blame (Deseret News 9/7/08)

August 2008

• Community workgroup moves forward on health reform (KCPW 8/29/08)
• Proposed changes to state health insurance programs face fight (Daily Herald 8/17/08)
• Proposed changes to Utah's CHIP and Utah Premium Partnership (KCPW 8/7/08)
• Utahns for Sustainable Health Reform (U-SHARE) (The Connection, the monthly newsletter of the Utah Center for Multicultural Health, Utah Dept. of Health - August 2008)
• Funding source for vision benefit at risk (KCPW 8/5/08)
• Policy could push kids out of CHIP (Deseret News 8/1/08)

July 2008

• Low-income advocates: Revamping health plan a painful move (Salt Lake Tribune 7/30/08)
• State considers doubling CHIP and UPP wait period (KCPW 8/28/08)
• Proposed Medicaid waiver looks beneficial - but is it? (Deseret News 7/26/08)

June 2008

• Medicaid subsidy: plan is to cut of ranks of uninsured, but is it enough? (Salt Lake Tribune 6/11/08)

May 2008

• Monthly Health and Human Services public meetings resume (KCPW 5/20/08)
• Economist calls for ancient principles in health-care reform (Deseret News 5/11/08)
• Handling liquor doesn't pay (Salt Lake Tribune 5/11/08)
• Radio West "Healthy Americans Act" (KUER 5/11/08)
• Health Care Reform: What's Possible? (KUER 5/1/08)
• Nursing home costs creep up (Salt Lake Tribune 5/1/08)
• Number of Utah companies offering health insurance dropping (KSL.com 5/1/08)

April 2008

• Midday Interview with Len Nichols (KCPW 4/30/08)
• Utah sees health coverage from employers drop 8.8% (Deseret News 4/29/08)
• New report gives a better look at Utah's uninsured (KCPW 4/25/08)
• Health-care task force girds its loins (Deseret News 4/17/08)
• Uninsured Utahns dying prematurely (Deseret News 4/9/08)
• Lack of health care killing Utahns (Daily Herald 4/9/08)
• Report: Uninsured Utahns at risk of dying young (Salt Lake Tribune 4/9/08)
• Health-care task force seeks real stories (Deseret News 4/8/08)
• Homeless, disabled could lose welfare (Deseret News 4/7/08)

March 2008

• Health System Reform in Utah: Pathways to Success (Policy Perspectives 3/26/08)
• Huntsman Signs a Series of Health Care Bills into Law (Deseret News 3/20/08)
• Guv signs Health Reform Bill, but says more needs doing (Salt Lake Tribune 3/20/08)
• Governor Huntsman signs Health Reform Bills (KPCW 3/20/08)
• Advocates applaud Lawmaker's healthcare baby steps (KPCW 3/7/08)
• Legislative session ends in cooperation (Daily Herald 3/6/08)

February 2008

• Legislature starts divvying out money (KSL TV 2/28/08)
• Medicaid Vision, Dental secure funding for FY2009 (KCPW 2/28/08)
• Health insurance crisis for small businesses (Park Record 2/22/08)
• Action or consequences: Gov. gives insurers rest of year to offer affordable health coverage (Salt Lake Tribune 2/13/08)
• Health update from Legislative session (KCPW 2/8/08)
• Insurance for poorest kids gets push (Salt Lake Tribune 2/6/08)
• Move forward on health system reform, but first do no harm (Salt Lake Tribune 2/2/08)

January 2008

• llegal immigration in cross hairs (Salt Lake Tribune 1/31/08)
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report - Kaiser Family Foundation (1/28/08)
• Health care: Voters struggling with costs (Salt Lake Tribune 1/27/08)
• Lawmaker wants qualified kids on private insurance with state subsidies (Salt Lake Tribune 1/25/08)
• Health care for all? Not likely (Salt Lake Tribune 1/17/08)
• Advocates OK with Changes in Healthcare Reform Bill (KCPW 1/17/08)
• Utah gears up for another round of bills and laws (Daily Herald 1/13/08)