Commentary: Utah Medicaid plans would hurt working families

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stacy Sanford, health policy analyst for the Utah Health Policy Project, talks about Utah's "bridge" Medicaid expansion program at a news conference in Salt Lake City's Liberty Park on Monday April 1, 2019.Have you ever had to go to work, or care for loved ones, when you are suffering from an illness? What about taking care of loved ones when you are sick, and also concerned about finances, debt or paying bills?

As a pediatrician, I see this situation often in my practice. I have seen how difficult and exhausting, even traumatic, it can be for parents to care for their children when they are sick. It can have a ripple effect throughout all aspects of a…