Balancing the budget on a loan and a prayer
Brewer's budget proposal, which was released this afternoon, essentially hinges on the feds giving the state a waiver to make a $541 million cut to AHCCCS and a novel new budget gimmick that would see a one-day loan from First Things First every year for the foreseeable future.
AHCCCS eligibility headed back to ballot?
GOP leaders are eyeing a resolution in the upcoming session that would allow voters to reconsider AHCCCS eligibility requirements, in an attempt to roll back the standard set by Prop 204 without running afoul of the voter protections afforded by Prop 105.