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Feds’ decision on Utah Medicaid waiver is likely delayed until after the midterm election — and the state vote on full expansion

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Gov. Gary Herbert laughs after House speaker Greg Hughes, at left, jokes about the governor vetoing bills after his signing of HB 472, Medicaid Expansion Revisions, at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. The bill would expand Medicaid health care coverage to cover an additional 60,000 Utahns below the poverty line — pending approval from the federal government.