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The future of Utah health care and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams
Published August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM MDT
People walk past the Take Care Utah booth, a Utah Health Policy Project program that helps Utahns access and navigate the health care system, in 2023. After President Donald Trump signed his mega-budget bill into law on July 4, 2025, Utahns may see their health insurance premium go up.
Bethany Baker
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The Salt Lake Tribune
People walk past the Take Care Utah booth, a Utah Health Policy Project program that helps Utahns access and navigate the health care system, in 2023. After President Donald Trump signed his mega-budget bill into law on July 4, 2025, Utahns may see their health insurance premium go up.

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Tribune reporters Addy Baird, Leia Larsen, and Paighten Harkins joined us this week to talk about the latest news, including how Republicans’ cuts to the Affordable Care Act may affect Utahns’ health care, a federal ruling on Utah's "bellwether" routes, and the state's 140 year old mental hospital.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.
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