Stories tagged: "health care"


Navy Capt. Jill Emerick, a doctor with the hospital ship USNS Comfort, gives a girl a checkup in this 2019 photo from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, part of the ship's mission of providing care to help allies' national medical systems. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby J. Siens/US Navy Southern Command) 
Experts: Slight 2022 Arizona Health Insurance Gains Likely to Vanish in 2023

The percentage of Arizonans with health insurance rose from 89.3% in 2021 to 89.7% in 2022. The state still lags slightly behind the nation, where coverage rose 0.7% from 91.3% of Americans insured to 92%.

A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Here’s What Rural Leaders Say Their Communities Need

A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future.

A woman dressed as the Virgin of Guadalupe demonstrates in front of the National Palace in the Zocalo in Mexico City on the occasion of the International Day of Global Action in favour of legal, free and safe abortion in Mexico and Latin America. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Arizonans’ Best Path to Abortion Access Isn’t Through Mexico

While Mexico decriminalized abortion federally, there are still harsh penalties for the procedure in a majority of states.

US President Joe Biden is greeted as he arrives at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Democrats Took on Special Interests—and Won—With Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

OPINION: When it comes to tackling the climate crisis, the Inflation Reduction Act is the most consequential investment in US history.

Opill is the first ever birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter sales. The medication will likely become available at stores and online retailers in the U.S. in early 2024. (Perrigo, via Associated Press)
First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Gets FDA Approval

Opill is the first ever birth control pill to be approved for over-the-counter sales. The medication will likely become available at stores and online retailers in the U.S. in early 2024.

The PACT Act removed the need for certain veterans to prove a service connection if they are diagnosed with certain cancers or respiratory conditions and sped up the process of receiving benefits. Eligible veterans who apply by Aug. 9 could get tens of thousands of dollars in backdated disability compensation. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Veterans Have Until Aug. 9 to Apply for Backdated PACT Act Disability Payments

The PACT Act removed the need for certain veterans to prove a service connection if they are diagnosed with certain cancers or respiratory conditions and sped up the process of receiving benefits.

Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis greets Vice President Kamala Harris at the Gila River Indian Community, Thursday, July 6, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Kamala Harris Discusses Commitment to Native Communities During Arizona Visit

Harris committed the Biden Administration to addressing disparities resulting from centuries of broken treaties, harmful assimilation policies, displacement, dispossession, and violence.