Rising costs of living and health care are consuming Utahns’ budgets. Here’s what lawmakers propose

Rising costs of living and health care are consuming Utahns’ budgets. Here’s what lawmakers propose

Brittany Bringhurst with United Today, Stronger Tomorrow, speaks about housing and health care affordability issues in Utah at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 29, 2026. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch)Brittany Bringhurst has been climbing a ladder since 2009 when she bought her starter home in Las Vegas for $150,000, which eventually led to her move to her multi-generational, $500,000 Kaysville home. But that doesn’t exist for her children, sh…