Family Healthcare Clinic hosts Proposition 3 town hall meeting
By RyLee Curtis
The Family Healthcare Clinic in St. George will host a town hall discussion regarding Proposition 3, which will expand access to healthcare to 150,000 Utahns. Lori Wright, CEO of Family Healthcare will speak at the town hall meeting, educating attendees about the services the clinic provides and the needs of the community seeking services. The town hall discussion will be held Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Recent polling from Dan Jones & Associates shows nearly two-thirds of all Utahns support Proposition 3, which expands Medicaid to individuals earning less than $17,000 per year or parents earning less than $34,000 per year for a family of four. This measure will raise the sales tax on non-grocery items in Utah by 0.15 percent — equivalent to the cost of a cent on a movie ticket — to cover the cost of bringing life-saving medical care to tens of thousands of Utahns, some for the very first time. Proposition 3 will bring home nine federal dollars for every state dollar spent, which is $800 million in our tax dollars returned to Utah. That money will create nearly 14,000 new jobs and generate $1.7 billion in statewide economic impact.
To learn more about the goal of Proposition 3 to secure and expand healthcare for vulnerable Utahns, please visit utahdecides.org. Family Healthcare is located at 25 N 100 E, Suite 102.
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