Legislature's Medicaid bill replacing Prop. 3 will cost $30-40 million extra to implement

Lawmakers are scrambling to find between $30 and $40 million extra to pay for the first year of the Medicaid expansion proposal that will supplant the voter-approved Prop. 3.

Multiple legislative sources tell UtahPolicy.com that SB96, which legislators are rushing to pass and get to Gov. Gary Herbert's desk by the end of next week, will need the extra money to make sure they can cover everyone who would be eligible for the health care expansion. Those extra funds are in addition to the sales tax increase included in Prop. 3. Prop. 3, if implemented, would cost no extra money in the first year.

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