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Legislature Struggles with Medicaid Cuts

Advocates and citizens affected by cuts in health care and other social services meet at the Utah State Capitol to coordinate their lobbying strategy.
Dan Bammes
Advocates and citizens affected by cuts in health care and other social services meet at the Utah State Capitol to coordinate their lobbying strategy.

By Dan Bammes

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Salt Lake City, UT – Every member of Utah's legislature participates in funding decisions as part of an appropriations subcommittee. They have the responsibility of going through budgets line by line in this difficult budget year, deciding what those who depend on state government for medical care will have to do without. KUER's Dan Bammes has the story.

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