Utah lawmakers are considering legislation to delay and effectively repeal Utah’s Medicaid expansion initiative, but Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said Wednesday that he expects the voter-approved plan to proceed.
Cox’s comments came during a meeting of the Pioneer Park Coalition and in response to an anonymous question about how halting Medicaid expansion could affect progress made with Utah’s homeless population during Operation Rio Grande.
“We don’t think there’s going to be a delay in implementation on Medicaid expansion,” Cox said. “The governor and I are moving forward as if it is going to be implemented under the original timeline, as expected.