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Arizona to use COVID relief funds to pay off medical …

3/4/2024
PHOENIX — Arizona will use up to $30 million in federal COVID relief funds to pay off up to $2 billion in medical bills owed by state residents.

Phoenix affordable housing project gets $500K in …

1/24/2024
The Home Matters Arizona Fund, a funding resource formed by healthcare leaders across the state and Home Matters to Arizona to increase attainable housing, has announced new funding.

Hobbs proposes $16.2B spending plan with cuts to …

1/12/2024
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed a $16.2 billion spending plan built on cuts to vouchers that are unlikely to survive the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Arizona prison system to boost spending for health …

11/12/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge’s orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that is already deep in the red.

Hobbs issues executive orders involved in 'culture …

6/27/2023
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is again wading into culture wars, issuing executive orders Tuesday to halt the use of public funds for “conversion therapy” while mandating them for “gender affirming health care,” at least for state and university employees and retirees.

Glendale crackdown leaves ‘2 or 3’ licensed sober …

6/22/2023
The most effective way to expose fraudulent sober living homes across the Valley has been a standard mode of residents keeping vigilant.

Arizona state senators approve funding for Medicaid

5/3/2023
PHOENIX — State lawmakers on Wednesday finally approved the funding that the state’s Medicaid program needs to pay its current bills.

State begins to shed thousands from Medicaid, push …

4/6/2023
WASHINGTON – Arizona started purging people from the pandemic-inflated Medicaid rolls this month, a process that could end up pushing more than 600,000 people off the plan, health officials and advocates said.

Arizona lawmakers consider Medicaid expansion

3/14/2022
PHOENIX – Advocates are pushing Arizona lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for women after they give birth, to help improve maternal health outcomes and combat rising pregnancy-related …

Arizona governor's executive order paves way for more …

2/7/2019
Gov. Doug Ducey is not messing around. After a Phoenix healthcare facility was found to have not formally reached an agreement with an outside company to oversee its operations, Arizona’s …