Discredited blood testing company agrees to refund Arizona consumers
A company that helped engineer a change in state law on blood tests will refund more than $4.6 million to Arizonans who got the tests and may have been swindled.
State Supreme Court to explore limitations on taking blood from DUI suspects
The Arizona Supreme Court will hear oral arguments October 4 on when police can take the blood of a drunken driving suspect without getting a search warrant.
Lawmakers stand by blood-testing law despite company’s woes
Supporters of a 2015 law that benefited the business of Theranos stand by its passage as good public policy, even as the company and CEO Elizabeth Holmes are accused of fraud.
A new era of physician-patient partnership around preventive care
This spring, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that had been championed by Rep. Heather Carter, Sen. Nancy Barto and physician leaders to give Arizonans direct access to lab tests. That groundbreaking law went into effect last week, ushering in a new era of preventive care.
Uncle’s death motivates lobbying of self-made billionaire
HB2645 is a relatively obscure bill compared to the debates surrounding school finance, private prisons and industry wars lawmakers are gearing up to engage in. But the country’s youngest self-made woman billionaire thinks the proposed law will revolutionize health care.