Deseret News | Utah sees health coverage from employers drop 8.8%

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Utah sees health coverage from employers drop 8.8%

Listening | 8:28 a.m. April 29, 2008

Pay in Utah tends to lag the nation, while real estate prices don't. Utah leads the nation in dropping health insurance while our economy is doing fairly well. I have long felt that many Utah employers are fairly stingy and miss the fact that they "grind the faces of the poor".

Nick | 10:04 a.m. April 29, 2008

Sounds like the State must have gotten more walmarts

understand | 10:49 a.m. April 29, 2008

When you become an employer and understand the concept of monies paid out in many directions, then comments are appreciated and understood, I don't think any employer is stingy, I think they want to remain in business.

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bturner540 | 11:43 a.m. April 29, 2008

A short-term solution to the Health Care crisis is to buy tax qualified catastrophic HSA plans and self fund smaller events. Office and prescription co-pays account for nearly half the insurance cost.

If the public is willing to surrender co-pays for a smaller price tag the difference could be used as an emergency medical fund. It may not be perfect, but it beats potential bankruptcy.

Tammi Diaz | 6:07 p.m. April 29, 2008

Why get Health Insurance when a individuals have something Castrophic the premmium sky rocketed. The insurance companies are only out for the MONEY. Just
think are CAPITALIST SYSTEM. We need HR676 SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH INSURANCE PEOPLE NOT PROFIT. FAMILY VALUES.

Ya Buddy | 8:37 a.m. April 30, 2008

When ever we talk about health insurance increases, why don't we talk about wellness--or lack of wellness in the population? Many cost could be avoided if people started to take some responisibility for their own health instead of having the insurance bail them out for their poor choices.

Anonymous | 2:56 p.m. April 30, 2008

The number of employer's that have droppped coverage in this period of time are small companies between 2 to 5 employee's. The vast majority of them are convered by their spouses plan or have bought individual coverage. Therefore- they all remain insured. Using this statistic only is misleanding and very deceptive to the public.

anonymous | 9:08 a.m. May 1, 2008

I pay about 500.00 a month for my health insurance. However, I can't afford to pay for my insurane and a doctor visit both. By the time I pay my co pay and my deductible, I am still looking at huge out of pocket amounts. My son had a visit to the instacare, My husband had a visit to the Er, and the foot doctor and I got an annual exam with a mammogram and some lab work. We are well over 2000. in out of pocket expences and we are basically healthy

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