The Utah Senate is one vote away from approving a partial Medicaid expansion that would be more costly in the short-term for a smaller pool of beneficiaries than the voter-approved Proposition 3.
Senators voted 22-7 on Wednesday, largely along party lines, during a preliminary vote for SB96, which would allow individuals earning up to 100 percent of the federal poverty line to enroll in Medicaid, compared to 138 percent for Prop 3.
Utah would initially pay 30 percent of the Medicaid costs for new enrollees under SB96, a cost share three times larger than what the state faces under the voter-approved initiative.