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Utah, other states, start offering health insurance to immigrants who don’t have documentation

A cap on the cost of Utah’s program, which starts this month, will limit enrollment to about 2,000 children.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Rebecca Barhorst, left, Mona Taha, center, and Ashley Vaughn, staff with Utah Health Policy Project, worked to educate people about Medicaid and health insurance at the Latinx/Hispanic Health and Heritage Festival in Salt Lake City on Sept. 9, 2023. This month, the state of Utah will start covering children regardless of immigration status, up to a financial cap of about $4.5 million a year.