That’s the measure wisely and compassionately adopted by the people of Utah, with 53 percent of the vote, that not only directs, but pays for, the full and uncomplicated expansion of the federal/state Medicaid health insurance for low-income households.
The allergy of Utah’s ruling Republicans to this key provision of the federal Affordable Care Act has already seen the state’s economy walk away from an amount of money approaching $1.5 billion. That’s a sum that all Utahns have contributed to through their income taxes since the ACA — aka Obamacare — became law way back in 2010.