Latest Utah Medicaid rules could jeopardize those who need health care the most, advocates say
While supporters of work requirements and lifetime caps call them “reasonable safeguards,” opponents urge the public to weigh in against proposed rules by Sept. 30 comment deadline.
(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Hundreds of people rally at the Utah State Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, February 20 to support Medicaid expansion in Utah. Advocates for the homeless and the mentally ill say the state’s latest proposals for work requirements and other limits on Medicaid recipients threaten to do more harm than good.