I just wanted to make a comment out of pure frustration. I keep reading/hearing from the president to Rep. Harry Mitchell and to other so-called experts of health care reform about people losing coverage when their COBRA ends.
Read More »Affordable universal health coverage achievable
We all want the same thing: protection from catastrophic illness and the security of affordable health coverage in the future. To their credit, Americans have read the bills working their way through Congress and are objecting to the health care rationing and control over their health care quality and decisions.
Read More »Arizona delegation responds to Obama health care speech
President Obama on Sept. 9 offered what could be his administration's last direct attempt to convince Americans to rally around his health care plan, offering an outline Democrats found encouraging. But even as Democrats hope for a new wind on health care, Republicans were largely unswayed, with Arizona Rep. Trent Franks calling the address "divorced from reality completely."
Read More »Fix what’s broken about health insurance, retain what works
When Congress returns in September it will resume work on health insurance reform. This is an issue that is intensely personal and affects us all - even those with whom we may disagree.
Read More »Arizonans to attend health care rally in D.C.
A group of Arizonans will attend a national grassroots effort June 25 to encourage Congress and President Obama to enact health care reform legislation this year. The group is a part of Health Care for America Now, a non-partisan organization ...
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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