With very few exceptions, every American family is health insecure.

Salt Lake Tribune March 31, 2023
By Joseph Q. Jarvis | Special to The Tribune

Joseph Q. Jarvis: Business as usual in health care is killing Americans

According to a study recently conducted by the newly announced health reform group Common Sense Health Care for Utah, $28 billion will be spent on health care in Utah this year.

Health care spending in Utah is growing fast, doubling every decade, a rate faster than that of all but one other state. The Utah Foundation has for years consistently found that Utahns rate health care costs at the top of their list of concerns. In 2020, the Utah Foundation noted that during the decade from 2008 to 2018, health insurance premiums rose 50% and deductibles for health insurance rose 74%, causing Utahns to have the eight highest...

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