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Arizona employee health insurance costs are ‘out of control,’ lawmakers say

Rising healthcare costs and limited state budget reserves could lead to higher employee premiums, greater cost-sharing and other changes to the plan. The post Arizona employee heal...

Arizonans bracing for more Medicaid coverage changes

Arizona’s Medicaid system, already facing declining enrollment, is bracing for impacts from H.R. 1. The post Arizonans bracing for more Medicaid coverage changes first appeared on...

The true cost of Arizona’s ‘savings’

Want to save hundreds of millions of dollars on care for children with significant disabilities? There’s a remarkably effective way: just don’t provide all of the necessary care. T...

Supreme Court denies Arizona’s bid to delay start of takeover of healthcare in state prisons

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Arizona's eleventh-hour bid to block the upcoming start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was...

Yuma Doctor Sentenced For Defrauding AHCCCS

US Supreme Court receives arguments about fate of prison healthcare system

Attorneys for Arizona prison inmates are telling the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch bid by the state to delay the takeover of its healthcare system. The post US Supreme...

What will the takeover of Arizona’s prison healthcare system look like?

Key points: A court-appointed official will take over Arizona’s prison healthcare system on Oct. 19 The change follows a long-running lawsuit alleging inferior healthcare in the sy...

Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover

U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ordered an overhaul in 2023 to correct what she determined were constitutional deficiencies. The post Arizona asks Supreme Court to block pr...

Access is not the finish line for Arizona’s new Test-and-Treat law

“Maria” walked into the free medical clinic with a fever, cough and sore throat so severe that she could barely hold a conversation. Testing confirmed influenza A. As I spoke with...

Peoria Man Accused Of Defrauding AHCCCS Over $33 Million In One Year

3.4M young adults at risk of losing insurance under new policies, study shows

As many as 3.4 million young adults could lose health insurance coverage due to recent policy shifts affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance markets, according to rese...

HHS Assistant Secretary to Testify on Hobbs’ Administration’s Delinquent Audit

Shell Game

The Trump adminstration cut funding to the Affordable Care Act (Also known as ACA or Obama Care) by removing deceased and duplicate accounts to justify the cuts. But dead people an...

RCBH offers free screening services through the ‘Women’s Healthy Program’

The program is available to women who do not have health insurance, and who do not qualify for AHCCCS. It provides free mammograms and pap smears for women across Yuma County. The...

New Mexico Health Care Authority creates shareable resources about Medicaid changes

New Mexico Health Care Authority creates shareable resources about Medicaid changes

Childcare providers struggle to get insured

State leaders have made it easier over the past decade for people who were sexually abused as children to seek cash compensation for crimes committed many years ago. The post Child...

Arizona has led the nation on patient access. It should not turn back now.

Arizona lawmakers have never been content to follow Washington, D.C., or other states when patients need care. The post Arizona has led the nation on patient access. It should not...

Confusion and Angst Follow State’s Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules

In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they’re working, volunteering, or studying starting Jan. 1. But Montana put the rules into effect early, and they’r...

Audit finds issues with Arizona’s affordable housing inspections

The Arizona Department of Housing did not conduct inspections for one or more federal health and safety standards in the units it used tax credits to help finance, according to a n...

Private Contractors Are Set to Cash In As Millions of Americans Lose Health Care

On January 1, new Medicaid work requirements will kick in nationwide, and states are scrambling to comply—a chaotic process which will lead to millions of people losing health care...

The challenge for Vermont hospitals: keep costs low, care accessible and their doors open

District 23 candidate Emilia Cortez talks cost of living and healthcare

Cortez said her experience working for the Quechan Tribe as an economic development specialist, along with her years serving on local boards, has prepared her to represent the comm...

States Are Forcing Hospitals To Offer More People Financial Aid. In Oregon, It’s Working.

Oregon passed a law to require hospitals to proactively screen patients to see if they qualify for financial aid. Patients got immediate relief. Hospitals pushed to roll back the l...

HMSA touts difficult decisions on cuts to meds, plans as pay increases have exploded

HMSA is ending its Akamai Advantage Complete Plus and Standard Plus PPO plans by 2027, potentially increasing costs for Hawaii's kupuna.