Healthcare

If you've lived in the United States for a long time, you probably know that when someone tells you a doctor is “out of network,” that’s important, or that having health insurance doesn’t necessarily mean your healthcare is free.But how did you learn all of that? There’s nothing particularly intuitive about it.Now imagine arriving in the United States from a country where healthcare works very differently. You’re given an insurance card, a link to a website and, if you’re lucky, a short orientation on healthcare terminology.This is often not enough in times of crisis, leading Akshata Balghare to investigate how much of the difficulty of navigating this system comes from the system itself… and how much comes from the way we explain it.

New Mexico is shielding residents from increases in Affordable Care Act monthly premiums. Meanwhile, enrollment numbers in Wyoming — and most other states — are taking a steep dip.

On this episode, we talk about the key drivers of workplace wellbeing, as well as a decline in suicide rates and an increase in residents seeking mental health services in the Bear River Health District.

On today's episode, we talk with Shawn Teigen, president of the Utah Foundation, about Utahns' concerns about healthcare costs and the housing market.

In other news, Utah's bell-to-bell phone ban will likely go into effect next school year. And, snowplows in northern Utah are getting new tech to navigate traffic faster.

Affordable Care Act tax credits expire at the end of the month, with lawmakers failing to come up with an alternative. That means higher premiums for people across the nation, including our region.

The Seager Memorial Clinic in Ogden has been housed in the basement of the Ogden Rescue Mission for 36 years. They held a ribbon-cutting event last week at their new facility.

Tribune reporters Addy Baird, Leia Larsen, and Paighten Harkins join to talk about the latest news, including how Republicans’ cuts to the Affordable Care Act may affect Utahns’ health care and more.

The rural healthcare shortage has hit some tribal nations especially hard. One tribe in Nevada has found a solution: a doctor's office on wheels.

A new Intermountain Health clinic just opened in Logan to help more people in Cache Valley get primary care and senior health services faster.