As the measles outbreak continue to peak, public pressure is rising as the Trump administration stumbles to adequately respond.
Lsat year, cases reached a 34-year high and the spread is continuing at pace this year. NBC News reports that in the first full week of the new year, 279 new cases were reported and to date more than 700...
To date, there is no set plan to cut Medicaid yet industry stakeholders and political analysts continue to speculate on the potential targets and magnitude of potential funding changes for the program that now insures 79 million Americans or 24% of the U.S. population.
The Trump administration launched its radical overhaul of the...
Now that Congress has funded the government through September, Republicans are beginning to seriously negotiate President Donald Trump's massive legislative package. The bill will be required to include $880 billion in cuts to programs under the purview of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is virtually guaranteed to...
Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson has ruled that Arizona may now enforce a 150-yer-old abortion ban in the state following the overturn of Roe v. Wade of 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court last June.
The ruling means that clinics will be required to end all abortion procedures, effective immediately, although according to...
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation to expand veterans' health care eligibility for those exposed to toxic substances and burn pits. The bill would account for one of the largest expansions of healthcare benefits in Veterans Affairs history.
KNAU reports that the bill is backed by Arizona Senators Kyrsten Sinema...
The positivity rate and number of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona is finally trending downward following the surge related to the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Intensive care unit admissions and deaths have not yet crested and are expected to lag by about two weeks.
Dr. Richard Carmona, former U.S. Surgeon General and advisor to...
Valley fever, a disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides, is a uniquely Arizona problem. On average, the state accounts for two-thirds of the 20,000 annual infections int he United States. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly proposed a new bill in the U.S. Senate that would allocate $500 million for...National News
A bipartisan group of senators, including Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure last Friday, warning against any potential cuts to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The letter comes as Democrats look for places to...
