Arizona’s Medicaid on the Brink: 550,000 May Lose AHCCCS Health Insurance Amid Federal Cuts – AZ Public Health Association

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Arizona’s Medicaid on the Brink: 550,000 May Lose AHCCCS Health Insurance Amid Federal Cuts – AZ Public Health Association

Leadership in Congress has tasked their committees with coming up with details to slash trillions of dollars in federal funding for various programs – including Medicaid. While leadership didn’t define exactly which programs to cut – they gave the various committees the task of ‘finding the money’ to cut among the executive branch agencies that they oversee. Among the likely early proposals will be one to cut way back on the federal contribution…