Arizona’s jobless rate increased in August for the third month in a row, with indications that things may not get better for a while.
Read More »3,100 Arizonans may lose insurance over immigration status 
Federal officials say 3,100 Arizonans will lose health insurance coverage they bought through the federal marketplace if they don't provide proof of citizenship or legal immigration status by the end of the month.
Read More »Affordable Care Act leads to growth in health care jobs
The state’s jobless rate ticked up one-tenth of a point last month, to 7.0 percent, amid lackluster overall growth of jobs in the private sector and sharp but seasonally expected declines in employment in public education.
Read More »Judges strike down Arizona’s anti-Obamacare constitutional provision
The provision of a 2010 voter-approved measure saying Arizonans don't have to buy health insurance is unenforceable because it conflicts with the federal Affordable Care Act, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Read More »Brewer appeals Medicaid ruling to Arizona Supreme Court 
As expected, Gov. Jan Brewer today asked the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court ruling allowing legislators to move forward with a lawsuit against the hospital assessment that funds her Medicaid expansion plan.
Read More »As national debate looms, Arizona’s KidsCare freeze puts it in spotlight
Four years after Arizona froze enrollment in KidsCare, the state’s children’s health insurance program, the program is barely registering a pulse.
Read More »Arizona children pay more under health law
The families of 14,000 Arizona children who lost health coverage earlier this year are likely paying more for fewer benefits under the Affordable Care Act, according to newly released study.
Read More »Arizona health care competitors collaborate on Affordable Care Act enrollments 
It’s hard to imagine some 600 organizations, mostly nonprofits, agreeing on anything and working in concert to accomplish a common goal. Or major hospitals — often in competition with one another to attract patients and provide quality health care services — collaborating.
Read More »Naysayers continue to block implementation of Medicaid restoration
Last year Gov. Jan. Brewer, backed by enlightened legislators on both sides of the aisle, the medical, hospital and business communities, and thousands of activist volunteers across the state, gained a hard-won victory in passage of the Medicaid restoration bill, enabling our state to extend Medicaid coverage to an estimated
Read More »Court: Legislators can’t sue to block Medicaid expansion
A lawsuit challenging Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan that was filed by fellow Republicans in the state Legislature was dismissed in a ruling released Saturday, handing Brewer a major victory in her battle against conservative members of her own party.
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