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November 9, 1995
A Three-Pronged Probe
State's AHCCCS program under investigation by trio of federal agencies
News
December 28, 1995
The Health-Care Mirage
GOP boosters say Arizona's medical system for the poor should be a model for national health-care reform. But three federal investigations question whether Arizona's system is any less expensive than traditional Medicaid plans.
News
February 22, 1996
20/20 Hindsight
As network news shows begin investigating alleged AHCCCS abuses, the Arizona Republic finally takes notice
News
July 10, 1997
Intergroupies
Despite its dismal record insuring state workers, Intergroup has been welcomed back with open arms. The move has some employees seething.
News
August 28, 1997
AHCCCS to Grind
Feds probe deeply into state health agency
News
May 13, 1999
Doctoring the Bills?
FBI investigates possible Medicare fraud in county health-care system
News
June 5, 2008
A legal battle with Wal-Mart over injury benefits broke this elderly store greeter’s spirit
FBI investigates possible Medicare fraud in county health-care system
News
September 30, 1999
War of the Wards
Phoenix Children's Hospital, for years hidden inside Good Samaritan hospital, seems to have been misplaced by the federal government
News
April 27, 1995
DEAD AND FORGOTTEN
THE STATE'S MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THE POOR DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER ITS CLIENTS ARE DEAD OR ALIVE. AND THAT'S HARDLY THE WORST OF THE PROBLEMS AT THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.
News
April 1, 1992
A WORD TO THE WISE: DON'T GET SICK
THE STATE'S MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THE POOR DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER ITS CLIENTS ARE DEAD OR ALIVE. AND THAT'S HARDLY THE WORST OF THE PROBLEMS AT THE ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM.
News
February 5, 1992
THOSE "UNPROFITABLE" CANCER VICTIMS
"CANCEL" IS ALSO A DEADLY WORD FOR MANY ARIZONANS WHO ARE LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE
Blogs
August 16, 2009
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 >>
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October 7, 2009
Governor Jan Tells Baucus His Health Care Plan Will Hurt Arizona; She Still Lives Here?
Governor Jan Brewer, who has stayed out of the spotlight for the last few weeks, sent a letter to U.S. Senator Max Baucus yesterday outlining for him exactly why she thinks his health care reform plan could be the straw that breaks Arizona's economic back.In the letter, Brewer discussed the heavy ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Governor Jan Brewer Announces New Medicaid Chief
In an announcement from the ninth floor today, Governor Jan and the brew crew confirm that Anthony Rodgers will be leaving his position as head of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, and the administration has already found a replacement. "I am pleased today to announce the app ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
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 >>
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January 20, 2010
John McCain Calls Massachusetts Senate Election a "Wake-Up Call" for Politicians in Washington
Arizona Senator John McCain is looking at last night's Massachusetts Senate election as the "wake-up" call that could change how business is done in the nation's capitol. "Last night, a shot was fired around this nation ... saying no more business as usual in Washington, D.C.,"&nbs ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
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 >>
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December 2, 2010
Sidebar: Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?
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 >>
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January 18, 2011
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Throws AG's Office into Crusade Against Obama-Care
James KingAttorney General Tom Horne has a few problems with President Obama's health care plan.Newly sworn in Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that he's planning to do something his predecessor, Terry Goddard, refused to do: throw the Arizona Attorney General's Office into the ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Governor Jan Brewer Signs Medicaid Waiver Request Bill. Nearly 300,000 Could be Removed From Program
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer this morning signed a bill that gives her the authority to request a waiver from the federal government that would temporarily remove nearly 300,000 of the state's neediest people from the Medicaid program.The governor's plan would remove about 280,000 low-inc ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Jan Brewer's Medicaid Cuts Copacetic, Claim Feds
azgovernor.govThe Obama administration hands Brewer a victory Governor Jan Brewer seems to have scored a "win," if you can call it that, in her effort to cut hundreds of thousands of childless adults from the state's Medicaid program, otherwise known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment Syste ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Andy Biggs, the $10 Million Chairman, and His Tuesday Night Massacre
Senator Biggs: Thanking God every day for Ed McMahon It's apropos that state Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Andy Biggs, the man primarily responsible for a bill that will drive a Ryder Truck full of nitro through the state's Medicaid program, is himself a very wealthy man.He's not ric ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Morning Poll: Is Asking County Employees to Submit to Saliva Swabs for Nicotine Analysis an Invasion of Privacy?
www.sonofthesouth.comThe Arizona Republic yesterday got the scoop that several Maricopa County employees are getting fussy over having to submit to saliva swabs for nicotine analysis to prove that they don't use tobacco products in order to be eligible for lower insurance premiums than non-tobbac ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
J.D. Hayworth Blames Arizona's Medicaid Shortfall on Illegal Immigrants
J.D. Hayworth's rumored to be considering another Senate run. Let the brown-bashing commence.Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona's medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is because it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Ari ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Poetic Ending
J.D. Hayworth's rumored to be considering another Senate run. Let the brown-bashing commence.Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona's medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is because it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Ari ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Healthcare Cuts for Arizona's Poor Upheld by Judge
Hundreds of thousands of impoverished Arizonans with health problems apparently will have to tough it out following a court ruling today that upholds healthcare cuts.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark Brain ruled that a group of people suing the state can't forced Arizona law ... More >>