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Utah Medicaid Faces $200M Shortfall | Salt Lake City News
Utah’s Medicaid program is in deep trouble, facing a potential $200 million budget shortfall as costs soar past projections—no fraud involved, just a shocking failure to anticipate rising expenses. With over 300,000 people relying on the program and annual costs hitting $5 billion, officials are launching an independent review to examine benefits, operations, and staffing. The crisis stems from pandemic-era enrollees staying enrolled and a crumbling data system that couldn’t keep up. The state will hire an external firm via standard procurement, with results due by October—time to fix what’s…
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