Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
The state is partnering with Utah's major health care companies and community groups to launch a new initiative designed to lower costs and provide greater accessibility.On Tuesday, Governor Spencer Cox stood on a stage in the Utah State Capitol rotunda with health care executives and state health leaders to unveil the 'Utah Model of Care.' It is a plan to rework Utah's health care system.
The plan includes new ideas to make health care more accessible and efficient, including more convenient hours or an expansion of telehealth services, utilizing more non-clinical staff, emphasizing preventative health care and keeping it cost-effective.Even patient advocates like Matt Slonaker of the Utah Health Policy Project, which helps many low-income people get insurance, said the Utah Model of Care has promise.'I'm very optimistic,' he told FOX 13 News.
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