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Lawmakers plan assault on voters’ right to make laws
State legislators are planning an assault on the constitutional right of Arizonans to enact their own laws unfettered by legislative interference.
Ducey to Congress: Don’t rush Obamacare’s repeal
Saying he fears harm to Arizonans, Gov. Doug Ducey today urged Congress to not to rush repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
State defends Medicaid expansion Ducey opposed
The lead attorney for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System wants the Court of Appeals to rule that the $200 million a year levy on hospitals that finances the expansion was legally enacted.
Do you have $1 billion to spare? What Obamacare repeal would look like for Arizona
The financial fallout from repealing Obamacare without replacing it will make everything else Arizona’s policymakers have so far worried about look like small potatoes.
State will provide emergency funds to offset minimum wage hike
Arizona health officials announced an emergency infusion of funds to help offset the costs of the state’s new minimum wage.
Former health director urges Arizona to document effects of Medicaid reforms
The state’s former health director has a simple plea to those implementing Arizona’s Medicaid reforms: Track what happens and report it.
Feds reject Ducey’s bid to limit Medicaid coverage, charge poorest Arizonans
Federal officials have rejected a bid by Arizona lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey to require Medicaid recipients to work and to limit their lifetime coverage to five years.
Woman gets 28 years for faking cancer, 2 other convictions
An Arizona woman has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for faking a cancer diagnosis to get the state to pay for her mid-term abortion and for criminal convictions in two other cases.
Medicaid officials to delay cutting off family planning dollars
State Medicaid officials have agreed not to try to cut off family planning dollars from Planned Parenthood, at least not yet.
Suit claims errors deprive immigrants of proper treatment
Some immigrants with serious medical conditions aren’t getting proper treatment because of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System errors, a lawsuit filed by two advocacy groups alleges.
Ex-Arizona official gets 10 years in prison in fraud scheme
A former state official who acknowledged stealing $5.9 million from Arizona's health care program for the poor was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for his part in a yearslong fraud scheme.
