Medicare

If Mitt Romney Won't Tell You Which Corrupt Tax Loopholes Need to Be Closed, We Will

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

The following post was written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow at New Times' Denver-based sister paper, Westword. Although Senator John McCain easily won Arizona in the 2008 election, team Obama believes Arizona is in play this time around. Read on for observation and analysis from last night's de ... More >>

Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do?

How to Speak Republican

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

NextCare, Arizona-Based Urgent Care Center Company, to Pay $10 Million to Feds for Filing False Claims

NextCare, a nationwide urgent-care-center company based in Phoenix, has agreed to pay the feds $10 million for submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health-care programs. We had no idea turning in corrupt corporations could be so lucrative: The informant in this case, form ... More >>

Arizona Congressmen Repeat "Lie of the Year" About "Obamacare," and Vernon Parker's Set to Run It on TV

The thought that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- also known as "Obamacare" -- is a "government takeover" of health care has been repeated over, and over, and over again since the spring of 2009.That thought earned the label of "Lie of the Year" by PolitiFact, a fact-checking outlet ... More >>

Hospital Association "Optimistic" as Hardline Stances Emerge on Obamacare Ruling

Governor Jan Brewer said Thursday's Supreme Court decision on health care will lead to the "erosion of individual liberty." Congressman Ben Quayle said "[Thursday's] decision was a disaster for the American people and the American healthcare system." Beyond the expected trigger-happy partisan rhet ... More >>

"Obamacare": Nancy Barto, Senate Health Chair, Drops Multiple Debunked Talking Points About Law, Including the "Lie of the Year"

Republican state Senator Nancy Barto is the chairman of the Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee, which would make you think Barto knows a thing or two about how health care works.After taking a look at her comments on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection ... More >>

Ron Barber, Gabrielle Giffords Aide Wounded in Tucson Shooting, to Run in Special Election

Former Gabrielle Giffords aide Ron Barber hopes to finish his former boss' term in Congress.​Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced this morning that he'll run in the special election to finish the remainder of Giffords' term.Giffords resigned from Co ... More >>

Complaining to Congressman Ben Quayle Could Cost You Up to $50

New TimesCongressman Ben Quayle​Congressman Ben Quayle took a beating from constituents during a town hall meeting in Anthem back in May. Now, the congressman is catching even more heat, this time for not having any town hall meetings at all -- that constituents don't have to pay to attend, anyway ... More >>

Congressman Ben Quayle Takes a Beating From Valley Seniors at Anthem Town Hall *VIDEO*

New Times Congressman Ben Quayle really took it on the chin at a town hall meeting in Anthem last night. ​Congressman Ben Quayle held a town hall meeting in Anthem last night. It didn't go well for the young congressman -- and the laughter of his constituents after he tried to explain gover ... More >>

Poetic Ending

Rupert Murdoch and Koch Brothers "Piggish, Slippery Billionaires," Border Rancher Says

Last year, when we were reporting "Badlands" and "Rancher Down," two stories about life and death in Cochise County, on the southeastern border of Arizona and Mexico, we had the privilege of interviewing cattle rancher Rich Winkler. Billionaire brothers don't sit well with one pissed-off bord ... More >>

On Mexico's Current State and Linguistic Shortening

Sidebar: Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

Sidebar: Mexican Macroeconomics

John McCain Campaign Fires Back at J.D. Hayworth Over "False" Ad

​Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth's latest TV ad has given the John McCain campaign an opportunity to re-package the old "wrestling match with a pig" analogy. As the saying goes, getting into one is a bad idea because "you both get dirty and the pig likes it."The McCain campaign would argue that H ... More >>

Senator Linda Gray Seeks to End the Tax Break Benefiting Historical Homeowners, but Will She Change Her Mind When She Sees the Dilapidated, Unloved Homes?

Arty Girl: Final Days of Auction Fundraiser at Cone Arts Gallery

11x14 print of Georgia O'Keefe taken at the Ghost Ranch, 1975, donated by Dan Budnik .This could be yours...for a good cause.​If you're on facebook and you're "friended" any of the artsy folks downtown, the name Rich Zandlo should ring a bell.Zandlo suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a devastating gene ... More >>

Hot Links: Homemade Bombs at NAU, a Reattached Hand, and the Phoenix Suns

​The Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 in Phoenix Wednesday night. The win was the Suns 15th consecutive home victory this season and gave the team the best record in the NBA at 12-3...A West Valley Mayo Clinic has stopped accepting a certain types of Me ... More >>

Phoenix Progressive Democrats Plan "Die-In" at United Health Care, Civil Disobedience Anticipated

Vincent de Groot I've heard of die-ins, but this is getting ridiculous... The Phoenix Progressive Democrats of America, along with other members of a group calling itself the Arizona Coalition for a State and National Healthcare Plan will be protesting the offices of the insura ... More >>

Arizona Tea Party Puddin' Heads; Plus, Russell Pearce Says Joe Arpaio Won't Run for Guv, Despite Business Journal Report

From left, Jack Harper, Dean Martin, Russell Pearce, and John Huppenthal Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain f ... More >>

If John Shadegg Wants People to Take Him Seriously, He Should Give Drug Companies Their Money Back

Billionaires for Wealthcare Befuddle Far Right Wackjobs On Healthcare Reform

The billionaires join ranks with the Obama-haters in this new Dennis Gilman video. In the tradition of Michael Moore and the stunts he regularly pulled in his TV show The Awful Truth (and continues to pull in his films), come the Billionaires for Wealthcare, a crew of wannabe-Warren Buffets w ... More >>

With the Arizona Legislature Signing Off on $1.6 Billion in Budget Cuts, How Can We Justify Music Therapy?

Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 19, 2008

A legal battle with Wal-Mart over injury benefits broke this elderly store greeter’s spirit

Arizona's homeopathic board is the second chance for doctors who may not deserve one

The Mexican rags on identity theft

Emergency Brake

The state tries to halt out-of-control ambulance contracts — but cities might have the last word

Stealth Zealot

Pop quiz. Who’s Arizona’s other U.S. senator? Here’s a clue: He makes Dubya look like a liberal

Ambulance Chasers

Winning ambulance contracts? It's all about who you know. (Unless it's about the dirt they've got on you.)

Hope I Die Before I Get Old

Arizona has the power to make nursing homes provide good care. Too bad it doesn't use it

Alien Nation

Undocumented workers constitute the biggest political issue in Arizona. But do we want to send them packing?

Jesus Wouldn't Do That

Trent Franks is no fiscal conservative. And he's the worst kind of Christian.

Red Flags

California medical providers dramatically overbilled insurers for services rendered

Letters

Letters from the week of May 22, 2003

Cough Link

ShariAnne and Daved Fischer's Web site asks, "Brother, can you spare a cyber dime?"

Lost Hearts

Arizona's organ donations are in trouble for a reason.

Chump Change

The Spike checks on some shortsighted folks at a Scottsdale eye clinic

All Fired Up

Rural-Metro employees are right to feel burned

War of the Wards

Phoenix Children's Hospital, for years hidden inside Good Samaritan hospital, seems to have been misplaced by the federal government

Doctoring the Bills?

FBI investigates possible Medicare fraud in county health-care system

Scream Dement

Halloween VI: Election Fright!

In the sixth congressional district, J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens have run campaigns so devoid of content it's almost scary

Silver Versus Shadegg. Rad.

A battle of GOP extremes pits environmentalist Robin Silver against conservative Congressman John Shadegg

Rx Mex

Hazy regulations allow Americanos to write their own tickets in Mexican pharmacies

20/20 Hindsight

As network news shows begin investigating alleged AHCCCS abuses, the Arizona Republic finally takes notice

A DEATH ON THE WARDHOMER TOWNSEND WANTS TO KNOW HOW HIS WIFE SUCCEEDED IN KILLING HERSELF INSIDE A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL