Arizona Health Insurance:
Affordable health insurance in Arizona. News about Arizona health insurance coverage and plans for families, individuals, small business and groups. Latest updates about companies and organizations that provide affordable health insurance in Arizona.
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Sep 3rd, 2009
By September 30, 2009, nearly 10,000 working parents in Arizona will lose their health insurance coverage through no fault of their own. Because of state budget cuts, participants in the KidsCare Parents insurance program will soon be without insurance.
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Aug 25th, 2009
An Arizona-based company called the No Insurance Club is offering a no-frills option to health insurance for people who want basic, preventive health care. The company was founded by Chad Harris and Sam Sannoufi, a Gilbert physician, and opened for business in January 2009.
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Aug 4th, 2009
A new report from the US Census Bureau notes that more than one in five children in some counties in Arizona do not have health insurance. The lack of health insurance is greater in some urban than rural areas.
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Jul 19th, 2009
The Arizona Senate is debating a proposal to expand taxpayer-funded health care benefits for unemployed residents.
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Feb 1st, 2009
The Arizona Secretary of State’s office announced Proposition 101, a groundbreaking health insurance initiative proponents say would have enshrined consumer-directed health care into the state’s constitution by preventing government from forcing citizens to enroll in any particular health insurance plan, failed by the slimmest of margins.
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Nov 14th, 2008
Proposition 101 would have amended Arizona's constitution to prohibit laws that mandate people obtain health coverage, or that restrict an individual's choice of private health care systems or private health plans.
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Nov 5th, 2008
Since 2003, Arizona has approved less than one in five appeals from consumers whose insurance companies refused to pay for a claim or approve a medical procedure.
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Nov 1st, 2008
The Wall Street Journal examined a measure that will appear next month on Arizona's ballot that, if passed, would amend the state's constitution to say that no law shall impose any penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage or for participation in any particular health care system or plan.
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Oct 21st, 2008
The Arizona Daily Star examined a measure appearing on Arizona's November ballot that would amend the state's constitution to prohibit laws that mandate people obtain health coverage, or that restrict an individual's choice of private health care systems or private health plans.
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Aug 27th, 2008
Medicaid is the primary culprit behind state and local governments' bleak financial outlook, according to an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) review of data recently released by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO).