A bill by Democratic Senator Gene Davis would return to the governor the power to accept full Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. It (somewhat surprisingly) advanced out of committee. Meanwhile, an initiative to upset the balance of two administrative committees passed the House. Alliance for a Better Utah Strategic Advisor Matt Lyon joins…
(KCPW News) Governor Gary Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan hits a roadblock – in the form of House Speaker Greg Hughes. Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for the latest in their legislative round-up series.
Today on the show, host Jason Mathis is joined by the American Cancer Society’s Brooke Carlisle to talk about Healthy Utah, Gov. Gary Herbert’s medicaid expansion alternative. In particular, they’ll look at the effect implementing Healthy Utah would have on residents of downtown Salt Lake City?
(KCPW News) The 2015 meeting of Utah lawmakers is now at the halfway point. To get the latest from the session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of the nonprofit, good government group Alliance for a Better Utah. Today they discuss efforts to delay last year’s Count My Vote compromise, as well…
(KCPW News) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert held his monthly news conference Thursday, and familiar topics were again at the forefront: same-sex marriage and Medicaid expansion. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham was one of the reporters in attendance at KUED studios. He has this report.
(KCPW News) Slowly but surely, the details of Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan are coming to light. The plan started out in February as an attempt at a middle-of-the-road solution for how to expand Medicaid in the state, and from the beginning, Herbert has made personal accountability a major component of Healthy Utah.…
(KCPW News) After months of pressure from local environmental groups, Governor Gary Herbert announced three new investigations into possible infractions by medical incinerator Stericycle. Wednesday’s announcement comes just a week after an anonymous former employee of Stericycle made claims of wrongdoing in a video interview. A statement from the governor’s office revealed that the Utah…
(KCPW News) Utah Governor Gary Herbert says he has assurance from the Secretary of the Interior that no new federal monument will be created in Utah. The governor, recently back from a trip to Washington, DC, spoke with various officials from the Obama Administration last week on issues ranging from healthcare to public lands. He…
(KCPW News) Utah Governor Gary Herbert is in Washington this week, busy negotiating the final touches of his Healthy Utah plan with the Obama Administration. But on Tuesday, the governor told members of the media that Utah officials have yet to earn the approval of federal officials. For more details, here’s KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham.
(KCPW News) After foregoing a KUED press conference last month, Utah Governor Gary Herbert was back in front of the media fielding a wide range of questions. But on a day when the governor’s Healthy Utah plan faced scrutiny at the Capitol, questions regarding healthcare were again at the forefront on Thursday. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham…
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