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Arizona is ready for repeal and replace as premiums keep rising
We can’t stop now, Arizona. We need to continue the conversation about repealing the disastrous health care system called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare. While dialogue about a bipartisan effort to draft a new bill may be the feel-good news of the moment, it must be known that this kind of effort will end up propping up the current law and further entrench the current failing syste[...]
McCain relies on Ducey for health care vote
Although Gov. Doug Ducey doesn’t have a vote on Congress’ health care plans, Arizona’s senators want to hear what he thinks and say his input could influence their votes.
Cancer puts health care battle for political operative on 2 fronts
Ian Danley is fighting for his life for the third time in four years, and yet he has decided to take on another fight – health care for the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans covered through the Affordable Care Act.
McCain has surgery to remove blood clot
U.S. Senator John McCain had surgery yesterday to remove a blood clot and will not be in Washington D.C. next week to vote on any health care measures, his office said today.
State misses waiver deadline for able-bodied adults on Medicaid
Arizona missed its own deadline to send a waiver to the federal government asking for work requirements for able-bodied adults on the state’s Medicaid program.
GOP lawmakers, business groups argue against Medicaid cuts
While the U.S. Senate released a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act on July 13, Republicans, business interests, and medical groups spoke out at Phoenix Children’s Hospital about the negative impact the plan would have on Arizona’s Medicaid recipients.
Groups join in condemnation of bill to repeal, replace Obamacare
As the U.S. Senate mulls over the Republicans’ health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, local opponents are crying foul on behalf of a variety of people facing cuts to their Medicaid coverage.
Arizona on course to relive health care ordeal if Congress cuts Medicaid
Arizona already knows what will happen if its Medicaid program falters. In 2011, the state froze enrollment for childless adults in its Medicaid system, leading to more than 160,000 left without coverage in a relatively short amount of time.
