SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House voted Monday to block the expansion of Medicaid.

The move was a message to Gov. Gary Herbert, who is weighing whether to accept the federal government's offer to expand Medicaid.

Herbert said he won't make that decision until summer, after an outside consulting group finishes reviewing the pros and cons of expansion.

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