Here’s why health care advocates say there aren’t more Utahns on Medicaid

A pandemic-era federal policy that barred states from dropping Medicaid recipients is unwinding, and the state “absolutely” is trying to remove obstacles for applicants, says Utah’s Medicaid director.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Thousands of Utahns on low incomes have dropped off Medicaid rolls as a pandemic-era federal policy that barred states from removing people from the program continues to unwind. Health care advocates are working to help all those who are eligible navigate an often-confusing system. Here, a woman stops by the Take Care Utah booth, a Utah Health Policy Project program, at the Latinx/Hispanic Health and Heritage Festival in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.

Here’s why health care advocates say there aren’t more Utahns on Medicaid

A pandemic-era federal policy that barred states from dropping Medicaid recipients is unwinding, and the state “absolutely” is trying to remove obstacles for applicants, says Utah’s Medicaid director.

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