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		<title>In voting for Medicaid, senators were just doing their job</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/in-voting-for-medicaid-senators-were-just-doing-their-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid expansion vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Pierce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was heartening to see <em>The Arizona Republic</em> editorial board endorse the Arizona Senate’s action to support Governor Jan Brewer’s Medicaid proposal as “courageous.”  While it is always nice to get accolades in politics, I must admit it was not an act of courage, but simply what we were elected to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Clean energy means more jobs, not less</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/clean-energy-means-more-jobs-not-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Republican Party recently issued a press release stating that I want to “eliminate 1,000 coal jobs” on Navajo land. That statement is so far removed from reality that it warrants a direct response.]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital lobby fears they might not get Medicaid subsidies</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/arizona-hospital-lobby-fears-they-might-not-get-medicaid-subsidies/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/arizona-hospital-lobby-fears-they-might-not-get-medicaid-subsidies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals across the nation are threatening that unless state lawmakers implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s — Obamacare — Medicaid expansion, the law’s new taxes and spending cuts will lead to layoffs and closures.]]></description>
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		<title>An honest discussion is needed on Medicaid expansion</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/an-honest-discussion-is-needed-on-arizona-medicaid-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/an-honest-discussion-is-needed-on-arizona-medicaid-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[higher insurance premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance premium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaiser Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelli Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin McCarthy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far from a “relatively minor expansion” of 57,000 Arizonans, Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposal could add as many as 450,000 people to AHCCCS. In addition to the expansion population, we will be adding those formerly eligible people who were frozen out in 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan is sound fiscal management</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/jan-brewers-arizona-medicaid-expansion-plan-is-sound-fiscal-management/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/jan-brewers-arizona-medicaid-expansion-plan-is-sound-fiscal-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Biggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Allen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer has set as a top priority that the state expand Medicaid to become eligible for a nine-to-one federal match instead of the current two-to-one match.<br clear="all">]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer, McComish faulted for working with local church group on Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/13/occupy-arizona-brewer-mccomish-rally-marxists-against-the-legislators/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/13/occupy-arizona-brewer-mccomish-rally-marxists-against-the-legislators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Coughlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McComish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saul Alinsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Letter writer criticizes Brewer for working with nonprofit faith-based organization on her plan to for AHCCCS expansion 
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		<title>Medicaid plan will bring affordable health care to the uninsured</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/10/medicaid-plan-will-bring-affordable-health-care-to-the-uninsured/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/10/medicaid-plan-will-bring-affordable-health-care-to-the-uninsured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our state faces compelling choices for deciding our future.  Resolving the current legislative stalemate over Medicaid will determine whether hundreds of thousands will qualify for health coverage and our state budget can begin to return to an effective level.]]></description>
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		<title>New school bus law improves safety for all who ride</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/07/new-school-bus-law-improves-safety-for-all-who-ride/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/07/new-school-bus-law-improves-safety-for-all-who-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bus drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yvonne Hunter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, parents and guardians in Arizona entrust the vulnerable members of their families to the drivers, operators and supervisors of school buses.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid expansion could help end unnecessary mental health suffering</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/06/medicaid-expansion-could-help-end-unnecessary-mental-health-suffering/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/06/medicaid-expansion-could-help-end-unnecessary-mental-health-suffering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret. Millions of Americans struggle with mental health issues. They’re ordinary people who make extraordinary contributions, each in their own, unique way.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the world of competition</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/03/arizona-welcome-to-the-world-of-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/03/arizona-welcome-to-the-world-of-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Republic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Tax Research Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Bolick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development policies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[greater phoenix]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[state energy program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effectiveness of economic development programs has long been hotly debated. Recent events, like the closing of Suntech’s manufacturing facility in Goodyear, have given rise to a new wave of criticism by organizations like the Arizona Tax Research Association, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and the Goldwater Institute — most of it unwarranted and unsubstantiated.]]></description>
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