As health insurance reform continues to take hold throughout the country, several states have announced plans to build their own health insurance exchanges. Utah is one of these states. The Utah health insurance exchange will be built and operated by the state itself, rather than the federal government. Plans for this ambitious project were introduced earlier this month by Governor Gary Herbert, but Utah has since become inundated with complaints and concerns coming from consumers who are worried about what the exchange system could mean.
The Utah health insurance exchange has managed to attract the support of the several thousand health care providers that work in the state. State legislators have been working on gaining support for the state’s federal high-risk health coverage pool, which is mean to provide coverage for the sick and uninsurable. Health care organizations throughout the state helped pay the costs associated with this endeavor, which helped direct more support for the Utah health insurance exchange, which would provide sick individuals with the insurance coverage they need. Insurance News Report
