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Ballot measure seeks to solidify right to private health care
Arizona voters will be asked to reconsider a ballot measure that would prevent residents from being compelled to join a government-run health care system and guarantees the right to purchase private health insurance.
Allen’s med-mal reform bill sails through committee
A lawmaker’s four-year struggle to turn a medical malpractice reform bill into law moved one step closer to a successful conclusion June 16 during a hearing of the Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee.
Med-mal reform bill to hit committee today
Members of the Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee will consider a bill on June 17 that would make it more difficult for patients to sue emergency room physicians for negligence.
Malpractice bill absent from Senate’s health committee hearing
The Senate Healthcare and Medial Liability Reform Committee met June 10 to consider bills for the first time since the start of the legislative session almost five months ago.
Sinema asked to help reform U.S. health care system
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema will join state lawmakers from across the United States in the coming months to help President Obama reshape the nation's health care policy and reform a system that politicians from both parties say is broken.
Medical reform measure returns – with changes
An effort to resurrect a ballot measure designed to protect the rights of patients from government control began May 26 in the House Health and Human Services Committee.
Lawmakers clearing way for rural hospital districts’ special elections
The Senate has suspended rules to fast-track passage of legislation that would allow two rural hospital districts to hold special elections before June 30 in an effort to continue a property tax that pays for ongoing operations.
Homecare a lifesaver for many seniors, but funding is in jeopardy
Charles Harper married his high-school sweetheart, Charlotte, 20 years after graduation. They had rekindled an old romance at a high school reunion. The couple lived in a nice Mamaroneck, N.Y., townhouse and had good jobs. Things changed, though, one day in early 2001 when Charlotte was walking to work. She collapsed when an aneurysm burst in her brain stem, and a blood clot left her paralyzed [...]
