Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- More than $2 billion was spent by Utah and the federal governments to help low-income residents.
That figure is for Utah's 2007 budget year, which ended June 30. Lawmakers for the first time asked for a report on how much is spent by agencies serving the poor.
Most of the money, $1.5 billion, came from the federal government.
Utah spent $267 million for its share of Medicaid, health insurance for the poor and disabled.
About 290,000 Utah residents are on Medicaid.
------ Information from: Deseret Morning News
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
