(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health runs TestUtah coronavirus testing sites under contracts with the state, including this one at 800 North in Orem on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Nomi Health does not ask test seekers whether they have insurance, which means shifts costs from private insurance to taxpayers and forces the state to spend COVID-19 relief dollars on some expenses that other dedicated government funding, such as Medicaid, would cover.
Erin is a reporter who has previously been an outdoor columnist and worked the crime beat. She was the lead reporter on The Tribune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of campus sexual assault. She has worked at newspapers in Michigan and Iowa and taught English for two years at teacher-training colleges in China.