| Whatever ‘Obamacare’ result, Ariz. wise to take federal funds | | Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | Healthcare | | By J. Fife Symington III My Turn Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:59 AMArizona has come to a critical point of decision regarding health care and the federal government’s deepening occupation of that field. In choosing Arizona’s course, state policy makers must weigh all the circumstances — many beyond their control Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Congress, Medicaid, J. Fife Symington III | - Share It!
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| Editorial: Expanding AHCCCS | | Sun, Jan 27, 2013 | Healthcare | | A major part of President Barack Obama’s controversial health care plan, one that gets relatively little notice, is the expansion of Medicaid. Yet that part of the Affordable Care Act is to provide health care coverage to about half of the 30 million people expected to eventually gain it through Read More Tags: Arizona, Affordable Care Act, Jan Brewer, Medicaid | - Share It!
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| Brewer Endorses Medicaid Expansion Under Health Overhaul | | Tue, Jan 15, 2013 | Healthcare | | Governor Jan Brewer will push to expand Arizona’s Medicaid program after all, she has announced, surprising many who have watched her crusade against that and other key components of President Obama’s health care overhaul.Brewer delivered that news Monday (January 14), going off-script in her state of the state address. Despite Read More Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, Jan Brewer, Governor | - Share It!
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| Obama's health-care law upheld by U.S. Supreme Court | | Thu, Jun 28, 2012 | Healthcare | | WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory and keeping in force the legislative centerpiece of his term, a law aimed at covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S., President of the United States, Affordable Care Act, , Barack Obama | - Share It!
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| Health insurance refunds on the way for Arizonans | | Sun, May 27, 2012 | Healthcare | | PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona consumers and businesses reportedly can expect to collect more than $36 million in refunds this summer from health-insurance companies under new provisions of the nation's health-care law. Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, Health Insurance refunds, Affordable Care Act | - Share It!
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| -Arizona middle-class struggling, doing without health care | | Sun, Jul 31, 2011 | Healthcare | | Hard times and economic uncertainty not only hit the checking and savings accounts.They overwhelm the mind and harm the body.Dwindling job security, reduced home values and higher personal health costs have brought untold stress into many middle-class lives. Tags: Arizona, Health care, Jobs, Health insurance | - Share It!
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| GOP lawmakers tout Medicare reform by stretching a comparison to the health benefits they receive | | Sat, Apr 30, 2011 | Healthcare | | Washington PostBy Glenn Kessler“There’s a lot of misinformation about what we are proposing and what we are not proposing. We’re saying: Save Medicare by reforming it for people who are 54 and below by working like a system just like members of Congress and federal employees have.”— Rep. Paul Ryan, Read More Tags: Affordable Healthcare Act, Paul Ryan, | - Share It!
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| US OKs Arizona's process to freeze Medicaid unit | | Sat, Apr 30, 2011 | Healthcare | | Tri Valley CentralBy PAUL DAVENPORTAssociated PressPHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona will start implementing Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to reduce Medicaid enrollment to help balance the state budget after receiving federal clearance Friday for the processes the state will use, officials said. Tags: Arizona, Jan Brewer, Health Insurance | - Share It!
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| States May Face Showdown With Feds Over Cutting Medicaid Rolls | | Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | Healthcare | | Kaiser Health NewsBy Marilyn Werber Serafini and Julie ApplebyKHN Staff WritersFinancially strapped governors, Congress and the Obama administration could be headed for a showdown over the Medicaid health care program that covers 48 million poor, disabled and elderly people nationwide.Arizona's governor has already asked for permission to drop people from Read More Tags: Arizona, Medicaid, Health Reform, Politics | - Share It!
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| Pentagon Health Plan Won't Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops | | Tue, Dec 21, 2010 | Healthcare | | TruthoutBy T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR | NPR and ProPublica During the past few decades, scientists have become increasingly persuaded that people who suffer brain injuries benefit from what is called cognitive rehabilitation therapy -- a lengthy, painstaking process in which patients relearn basic life tasks such Read More Tags: U.S., Pentagon, Troops, Brain injuries, Cognitive rehabilitation therapy | - Share It!
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