Unaffordable Utah

Salt Lake City wants to make sure residents are aware of programs that enable low and moderate income families repair and upgrade their homes, and even buy their first homes.

A Utah lawmaker is looking to shine a light on the complicated world of health care costs by proposing that hospitals and doctors be required to post the price of common procedures.

Medical billing advocates say a Utah man should consider himself lucky after his insurance covered most of his out-of-state emergency room visit and appendectomy that resulted in nearly $80,000 in bills.

In Utah, heading back to school doesn’t just include buying new shoes and backpacks. It also means parents forking over hundreds of dollars in fees to register their children at public schools.

As costs lead many families to drop out of youth sports altogether, this Unaffordable Utah report explores ways families can can defer some expenses.

Utah families are paying more for child care and also facing long wait lists because of a shortage of space for infants and toddlers, according to state officials, daycare providers and parents.

Amid Utah’s record economic boom and strong job growth, many Utahns are asking: “Where’s my raise?”

The cost of prescription drugs can make an unaffordable Utah even tougher to live in. But the KSL Investigators found it pays to shop around to cut down high prescription drug costs.

Before Amanda Collins and her family moved into her South Jordan townhome more than a decade ago she made sure to ask about the fees for the two homeowner associations, or HOAs.

A happily married Utah couple considered divorcing in order to get their daughter a $100,000 surgery their insurance wouldn’t cover.