Arizona has suspended plans to require about 120,000 people to work, volunteer or go to school to receive Medicaid benefits, as courts have taken a dim view of similar mandates in other states.

About 120,000 Arizonans are going to have to prove they're working, going to school or doing volunteer service to keep getting free health care. But not just yet.

Fraud investigations trump Arizona's physician-patient privilege, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.

The federal government granted Arizona approval to implement work requirements for some Medicaid recipients Friday.

Tom Betlach, the longtime head of Arizona’s Medicaid program, will step down January 4 after working for the state for 27 years.

Yes, the political fight of five years ago to restore and expand AHCCCS was brutal. But it was worth it.

I would say to those Arizona dentists who believe it won’t help their practices – don’t hire them. But don’t deprive your colleagues—especially those working in safety net clinics and rural communities—of the opportunity to improve their practices and the health of their patients.

Ducey’s plan, which he’ll need to convince the state Legislature to approve, includes some new dollars to help pay for school psychiatrists, a program that would allow former cops to act as armed, volunteer security guards at schools, and an unspecified amount of state funding to help more schools hire school resource officers.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will call for a special session on Monday to push a spate of changes to prescription and treatment laws in an effort to confront the opioid crisis engulfing the state.

How does the Affordable Care Act affect me and my community? Well, that is a big question with a big answer. ACA is big, it is more than the marketplace and mandates – which, by the way, is still the law. It is a whole system of care and infrastructure and problem solving intended to make us healthier as a nation.