Feds Reject Utah Waiver Request for Partial Medicaid Expansion SALT LAKE CITY - The Trump administration has rejected Utah's waiver request for enhanced federal funding for partial expansion of the state's Medicaid program.
Advocates of full Medicaid expansion say it's an opportunity for state lawmakers to fulfill the wishes of voters, who passed a referendum last November expanding Medicaid to some 150,000 low-income Utahns. State lawmakers modified the referendum results to cover fewer people, but needed a federal waiver to implement their plan.
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