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10,000 more kids to qualify for health care insurance
Nearly 10,000 Arizona children of the working poor will soon be eligible for subsidized health care.
Ducey looking at ‘rainy day fund’ to cover free health care for poor children
The governor said Tuesday that both the House and Senate are weighing legislation to restore funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program. It provides free care for children in families earning up to twice the federal poverty level, or about $40,840 a year for a family of three.
22,000 Arizona children could lose health care
The federal budget year expired Sept. 30 without lawmakers taking action to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program for the new year. States use those dollars to provide care for about nine million children of the working poor, including 22,389 at last count in Arizona.
