Quantcast "), a = o + r; try { var i = n.contentDocument || n.contentWindow.document; i.open("text/html", "replace"); i.write(a) } catch (c) {} } }; r(function() { window.sovrn.auction.sendBeacon() }); var reg = new RegExp("MSIE ([0-9]+[\\.0-9]*)"); reg.exec(navigator.userAgent) ? 10 === parseInt(RegExp.$1) && (window.onload = function() { window.sovrn.auction.sendContainer() }) : window.onload = function() { window.sovrn.auction.sendContainer() }; //]]>
Become a Member | Ad-Free Login
Become a Member | Ad-Free Login
Ryan expects fewer people will be covered under GOP health plan
By HOPE YEN The Associated Press
Last Updated Mar 12, 2017 07:14PM

Washington • Republicans on Sunday dismissed an upcoming Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis widely expected to conclude that more Americans will be uninsured under a proposal to dismantle former President …

Read This Article             Share
EDITOR'S PICKS
PHOTO & VIDEO GALLERIES MORE...
‘What was the point of me getting my head busted in?’ Hockey enforcers face reality of being phased out of the sport
Photos: Disney on Ice offers special tour to visually impaired Utah students
Photos: 2017 North American Handmade Bicycle Show takes off at Salt Palace
Have a news tip or story idea for The Tribune?
Help inform The Salt Lake Tribune's coverage by submitting a news tip or a story suggestion.
MORE TOP STORIES, BLOGS & PHOTO GALLERIES
  • In this Thursday, March 9, 2017, photograph, Dr. Lindsey Fish waits for a patient in a procedure room in Denver Health Medical Center’s primary care clinic located in a low-income neighborhood in southwest Denver. Under the new GOP health care proposal, which could roll back Medicaid expansion and take away subsidies to help pay for insurance, Denver Health could absorb a revenue loss, a problem that it will share with large public health systems across the country that serve low-income patients. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Hospitals worry about caring for newly uninsured in GOP plan
    Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • When Colorado expanded Medicaid coverage under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the largest provider in the De...
    Nation World Updated Mar 12 2017 03:43 pm   |     |   Share
  • Op-ed: Muslim ban is a failure that Mormons should recognize
    A government willing to target religion anywhere is a threat to target it everywhere. The president’s new executive order is less sweeping than his fi...
    Opinion Updated Mar 12 2017 02:06 pm   |     |   Share
  • Bus runs into crowd in Haiti, killing at least 34 people
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti • A bus plowed into people taking part in an early morning street festival in Haiti on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and in...
    Nation World Updated Mar 12 2017 03:39 pm   |     |   Share
  • SPONSORED ARTICLE
    10 Pizza Places You Might Not Have Tried
    The perfect pizza must have a scrumptious sauce, a good texture and your favorite toppings on a delectable crust. Pizza is an all-in-one meal that bri...
    Entertainment Updated Feb 15 2017 09:00 am   |     |   Share

  • PHOTO GALLERY
    Bagley Cartoon: Donald Trump ‘Control’ Room
    This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons …
    Opinion Updated Mar 06 2017 04:48 pm   |     |   Share
  • Courtesy | Kathryn Allen Kathryn Allen. Meet the Democrat running against Rep. Jason Chaffetz — and raising loads of money
    She plays the accordion, has practiced medicine for 30 years and is fluent in French. Now she’s looking to unseat Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Kath...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 04:23 pm   |     |   Share
  • In this March 7, 2017 photo, Pascalina Chirinos poses for a portrait in the Queens borough of New York where she was attending a know-your-rights training session by the pro-immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York. Chirinos, a permanent resident from Venezuela who has been in the U.S. for about five years said she attended so she could share the information with friends and neighbors, but also to know her own rights if she were ever caught up in immigration enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Fearful immigrants are offered anti-deportation training
    New York • Don’t open the front door if immigration officials knock. If you are taken into custody, tell them your name and nothing else. Definitely d...
    Nation World Updated Mar 12 2017 05:02 pm   |     |   Share
  • McCain to Trump: Retract wiretapping claim or prove it
    Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., called Sunday for President Donald Trump to either prove his claim that President Barac...
    Nation World Updated Mar 12 2017 04:17 pm   |     |   Share
  • PHOTO GALLERY
    4A girls’ basketball: Skyline uses big second half to beat Timpview, reach title game
    An all-Region 6 girls Class 4A state title game is what everyone was expecting, right? Um, no. But Skyline proved it’s more than worthy with …
    Sports Updated Feb 25 2017 12:18 am   |     |   Share
  • (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake forward Yura Movsisyan (14) battles Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley (4). Real Salt Lake kicked off the 2017 season Saturday, March 4, 2017 with a home opener against Toronto FC at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC are 0-0 at the half. Real Salt Lake: Just like 2016? RSL’s attack stumbling out of the gate
    Jeff Cassar’s thousand-yard stare went straight into the camera during his postgame interview Saturday afternoon in suburban Chicago, the bitter Midwe...
    Sports Updated Mar 12 2017 07:11 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Delighted fans applaud as Salt Lake Comic Con cofounders-producers Dan Farr and Brian Brandenburg announce the schedule of special guests for its upcoming FanX convention at a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 24. Big fun at Salt Lake Comic Con’s scaled-down FanX, here are 10 highlights
    In its fourth year, FanX has gotten a bit smaller. The annual event — the springtime version of the massive Salt Lake Comic Con — will run just for tw...
    Entertainment Updated Mar 12 2017 09:26 am   |     |   Share
  • (Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Matt Fradd gives the keynote address at UCAP - Utah Coalition Against Pornography - conference at the Salt Palace, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Fradd, wrote the book, ’The Essential Reason Porn is Wrong.’ Utah Coalition Against Pornography discusses the reason porn is ‘intrinsically’ wrong
    Pornography isn’t wrong because of such consequences as marital breakdown and addiction, said the opening keynote speaker of the Utah Coalition Agains...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 11:03 pm   |     |   Share
  • PHOTO GALLERY
    ‘Not My President’s Day’ rally brings out 200 protesters in Utah’s capital city
    About 200 Utahns celebrated Monday as “Not My President’s Day” by marching from Salt Lake City’s federal building to Washington Square and rallying against Donald …
    News Updated Feb 21 2017 10:50 am   |     |   Share
  • (Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Attendees look at handmade bicycles during the North American Handmade Bicycle Show at the Salt Palace Convention Center on Saturday. The show highlights the talents of individuals around the world whose art form is the bicycle, and is a meeting space for frame builders and consumers who are passionate about custom-made bikes. Sure they’re bikes, but at Salt Lake show they’re also works of art
    There are bike frames and rims made of titanium, steel, carbon fiber and even bamboo and wood. And there are pedals and seats and frames and gears and...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 11:05 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Matt Pacenza, front, Executive Director of HEAL Utah and members of Breathe Utah, ’stand for clear air’ as part of a rally at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, to push for more energy efficient and green building codes. Reviews mixed from environmental advocates on legislative action for clean air, water
    State regulators and environmental advocates praised Utah lawmakers’ late approval of spending $1.3 million for new air quality sensors, but their rev...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 10:27 pm   |     |   Share
  • Volunteer Lily Miranda, left, watches as Jim Eriksen, right checks in before a town hall meeting called ’The Resistance Training’ hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union, Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Coral Gables, Fla. The ACLU is launching a nationwide training event to make people aware of their rights as protesters. Organizers say the event Saturday at a sports arena on the University of Miami campus is being livestreamed to locations in all 50 states. (Luis M. Alvarez) ACLU launches nationwide training on protest, resistance
    The American Civil Liberties Union staged a nationwide training event Saturday to make sure people are aware of their rights as protesters and urge or...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 10:19 pm   |     |   Share
  • PHOTO GALLERY
    171,000 photos of Utah history are now free to browse, from JFK to train disasters to naked football players
    A young Hank Aaron swings for the fences during an exhibition game at Derks Field, where Smith’s Ballpark now stands. President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade …
    News Updated Feb 19 2017 05:41 pm   |     |   Share
  • FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo, recreational boaters ride along in Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. Visitors to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area enjoy ample sunshine and miles of open water. They also have a 1-in-307,000 chance of dying, according to a popular outdoor publication that ranks it as America’s deadliest national park. (AP Photo/John Locher,File) Magazine: Lake Mead is deadliest of U.S. Park Service sites
    Visitors to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area enjoy ample sunshine and miles of open water but also have a 1-in-307,000 chance of dying, accordin...
    Nation World Updated Mar 11 2017 11:03 pm   |     |   Share
  • Salt Lake Acting Company to produce new musical “Fun Home”
    The new-gen Broadway musical “Fun Home” is coming home to Utah with a regional premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company, after the Tony Award-winning musi...
    Entertainment Updated Mar 10 2017 01:49 pm   |     |   Share
  • Four new works by Utah writers to be produced by Plan-B Theatre for 2017-18 season
    As part of its 2017-18 season, Plan-B Theatre company will present three premieres by Utah writers as well as its fifth free elementary-school tour. T...
    Entertainment Updated Mar 10 2017 01:49 pm   |     |   Share
  • Kids have their say about favorite books
    Parents, teachers, librarians and booksellers have a worthy goal in common: They are eager to put quality books in the hands of young readers. This is...
    Entertainment Updated Mar 10 2017 12:09 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Senator Kevin T. Van Tassell listens during Senate Floor Time at the Utah State Capitol Thursday March 9, 2017. Utah senator pointed to his daughter — a plural wife — to push passage of polygamy bill
    A Utah state senator sponsoring a bill changing the definition of bigamy and increasing the penalties in some cases tried to secure votes Thursday by ...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 11:20 pm   |     |   Share
  • Sex assault charges against former Utah daycare operator dropped
    A state judge on Thursday dismissed a charge alleging a South Jordan man who operated a daycare facility in the 1990s sexually abused a 5-year-old gir...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 09:42 pm   |     |   Share
  • Utah quarterback Troy Williams looks to throw against California during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Monson: For Utah football, there’s good news, better news, and the best news at QB
    After years of substandard play at the most important position on the field at Utah, there’s good news and better news and the best news of all for th...
    Sports Updated Mar 11 2017 05:58 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) New offensive coordinator Troy Taylor poses for a portrait after Utah football practice, Thursday, March 9, 2017. Utah football: Troy Taylor took a chance on himself, paving path to Utes
    For five months, the offensive coordinator of the Eastern Washington football team lived alone, sleeping on a mattress in the dining room of a mostly ...
    Sports Updated Mar 11 2017 05:58 pm   |     |   Share
  • Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks (10) shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Oklahoma City won 112-104. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Utah Jazz: Dante Exum scores a career-high 22, but Jazz fall to Russell Westbrook’s Thunder 112-104
    Oklahoma City • Dante Exum plays basketball like a kid joyriding in a sports car. “He’s explosive. He’s fast. He’s got a gear,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder...
    Sports Updated Mar 12 2017 09:30 am   |     |   Share
  • Utah coffee shop manager says teen worker was racially harassed over misunderstanding
    A misunderstanding over a magnet that held up an American flag turned into what a Java Cow store manager describes as racially charged harassment. Pa...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 07:48 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Valley City resident Jule Erickson vents her frustration with the choice of the site at 2249 South Winston St. (1070 W), Friday, March 10, 2017. During an interview at the site she explained that she feels strongly about the Chesterfield area since some of it was once owned by her Grandfather in the 1920’s. New shelter to be in West Valley or South Salt Lake — cities already bearing plenty of state burdens, residents say
    As promised, Salt Lake County officials invited the public to scrutinize the five sites they’re considering for a new homeless shelter. Early indicat...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 11:20 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Real Salt Lake forward Ricardo Velazco (22) shoots during their match against the Chicago Fire on Saturday, March 11, 2017. RSL lost 2-0. Courtesy Photo) | Robert Hitz/Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake: Two quick goals give Chicago Fire 2-0 victory
    Bridgeview, Ill. • When a team gives up two quick goals, it’s usually because of bad defending, although it’s a bit harsh to pin that claim on Real Sa...
    Sports Updated Mar 12 2017 05:49 pm   |     |   Share
  • Courtesy | Utah State Historical Society This photo, taken from the Vermont Building, shows a crowd gathering to attend the 1912 LDS Conference on Temple Square. Kirby’s disturbing history: Close encounters of the bizarre kind at Mormonism’s Temple Square
    Editor’s note • Every Saturday, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby digs into the state’s past to enlighten or, at least, entertain Utahns in the...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 08:22 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Imam Yussef Abdi speaks to men gathered for Friday prayers at Madina Masjid Islamic Center in Salt Lake City, Friday March 10, 2017. Religious and community leaders gathered at the center in support of their Muslim Brothers and Sisters, regarding ICE activities and the detention of a Kenyan couple. ICE detains Kenyan immigrants — a Utah couple who believed they were complying with the law
    Salt Lake City’s Muslim community is angry and frightened after two Kenyan immigrants were swept up by federal immigration officers and are reportedly...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 03:08 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lionel Richie gets the crowd rocking as he kicks off the first concert of the season at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Concert: Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey show at The Viv canceled
    The Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey concert scheduled for April 25 at Vivint SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City has been canceled. Refunds are available...
    Entertainment Updated Mar 10 2017 12:36 pm   |     |   Share
  • FILE - In this March 6, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits to make a statement at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington. Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during the prior presidential administration, the Justice Department said Friday, March 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) AG Sessions seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys — including Utah’s
    Washington • U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignation of 46 remaining United States attorneys who were appointed during prior pr...
    Nation World Updated Mar 10 2017 11:22 pm   |     |   Share
  • (File photo | Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mary Beckerle, CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, at the cancer center. Lawmakers have approved at least $6.2 million in new money for the institue, funds that officials say will help expand research. State approves more than $6.2 million for Huntsman Cancer Institute research
    Lawmakers approved at least $6.2 million in new money for Huntsman Cancer Institute late Thursday, funds that officials at the Salt Lake City center s...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 10:43 pm   |     |   Share
  • FAITH
    Courtesy | LDS Newsroom The Atlanta, Ga., LDS temple. City shifts gears, Mormon temple won’t be on Mercedes-Benz Drive
    It turns out Atlanta’s Mormon temple will be able to steer clear of the Mercedes-Benz moniker after all. The Sandy Springs City Council put the brakes...
    Lifestyle Faith Updated Mar 10 2017 04:30 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Representative Mike Noel, R-Kanab, works on the House floor at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Prepping to gain control of thousands of acres of public land, Utah lawmakers create ‘Department of Land Management’
    Public land ranchers won’t have to worry about their grazing fees skyrocketing or their allotments being sold to developers — if and when Utah gains t...
    News Updated Mar 11 2017 12:38 am   |     |   Share
  • (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anasazi structures built under a sandstone alcove in a canyon on Cedar Mesa in San Juan County and part of Bears Ears National Monument. Another factor in Bears Ears debate: religious rights of native tribes
    Washington • At the end of his second term, then-President Barack Obama gratified a coalition of Western Native Americans by creating Bears Ears Natio...
    News Updated Mar 10 2017 01:06 pm   |     |   Share
  • (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) ’I don’t personally feel that acknowledging issues within the country and being a proud American are mutually exclusive,’ said Real Salt Lake midfielder Jordan Allen, center, who places his right hand over his heart and fists his left hand, holding it out to the side during the national anthem. Real Salt Lake’s Jordan Allen refuses to #sticktosports
    Jordan Allen usually spends his time probing defenses, but the up-and-coming Real Salt Lake attacker was trying to figure out how to break through som...
    Sports Updated Mar 10 2017 10:09 pm   |     |   Share