In the Nov. 16 Tribune, state Sen. Jacob Anderegg (R-Lehi) decries our voters choosing Medicaid expansion as putting Utah on “the fast road to bankruptcy.”
For those not traumatized by simple math, there is a lot of comfort in a few numbers. The federal government (i.e. “We the people”) will invest $800 million each year into Utah’s health care economy. This amount is very similar to the $814 million that the feds already invest each year into Utah’s economy at Hill Air Force Base. We know that the Hill investment leads to 27,000 jobs, a $3.