The funds will sustain healthcare operations during Steward's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to the filing, a third of the total, $75 million, will be available almost immediately, with future withdrawals limited to $50 million each.
Last month Steward Health Care System, the largest U.S. physician-owned hospital operator, filed...Arizona News
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court held that the state could implement a highly restrictive recent law that would all but completely outlaw the practice of abortion in the state. Not to be outdone, the Arizona Supreme Court resurrected an archaic law that predates statehood by fifty years to all but completely outlaw the practice of...
A pregnant woman in Texas requested emergency authorization for an abortion from the Texas Supreme Court last week which the court subsequently denied.
Katie Cox, 31, is 20 weeks pregnant and was informed by her healthcare providers that it was likely that her baby would not survive gestation or birth, and the complications arising...
In a historic move, Governor Katie Hobbs issued an executive order saying that she's granting Attorney General Kris Mayes authority over any abortion prosecutions in Arizona. Mayes has stated explicitly that she does not support such prosecutions and under the authority granted to her by the governor's order would not pursue any criminal...
Last Thursday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the national opioid settlement will net Arizona over $380 million. In total, $18.75 billion is owed to state and local governments from drug manufacturers Allergan and Teva, as well as retail pharmacies CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
More than $50 billion has been...Arizona News
Arizona is still reeling from the conclusion of an investigation that found fraudulent rehabilitation centers were exploiting and often kidnapping Indigenous people from Southwestern tribes and billing the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for treatment they never provided.
According to 12 News, some of the...News
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told the Arizona Supreme Court that her office's decision to not enforce a Territorial era abortion ban means that no one can enforce the ban. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched an investigation that could lead to enforcement of the Emergency Labor and Transport Act...Arizona News
A group of 12 Democratic State Attorneys including Arizona's Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit last Thursday asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove prescription and dispensation restrictions on mifepristone.
The attorneys general argue that removing the FDA restrictions would increase access to...
On Monday, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes were sworn into office, giving abortion advocates hope for a swift resolution to the policy challenges faced by Arizona women and abortion providers. Also, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lowered barriers to abortion pill and Plan B access.
Upon taking...
