Stories tagged: "healthcare costs"

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Economy 10 Ways the Federal Government Delivered for American Workers and Families This Year

Under Democratic control, the federal government acted to lower healthcare and prescription drug costs; fight climate change and lower energy costs; invest in gun safety and mental healthcare; and implement a generational investment in American industry, manufacturing, and infrastructure.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil December 12, 2022 9:39 am MST
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Economy The Republican Party’s Economic Agenda Includes Tax Cuts for Corporations and Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

Republicans have said they want to extend the Trump tax cuts, which mostly benefited billionaires and corporations; cut spending on Social Security and Medicare; and repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered the cost of prescription drugs and raised taxes on corporations.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 2, 2022 12:37 pm MST
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Opinion Opinion: My Daughters’ Cystic Fibrosis Led to Huge Medical Bills. Here’s How Prop 209 Would Have Helped.

The mother of two daughters with cystic fibrosis shares how Proposition 209 would have helped her and her family deal with medical debt.

Anna McCallister-Nichols Anna McCallister-Nichols October 21, 2022 9:45 am MST
Elections FILE - Raevahnna Richardson signs an initiative petition supporting a gun-safety ballot measure on June 7, 2022, outside a library in Salem, Ore., as signature gatherer Rebecca Nobiletti holds the clipboard. The Rev. Mark Knutson, a chief petitioner of the initiative, said the effort has gathered enough signatures of registered voters to put the measure before voters in the November election. After the signatures are delivered to the secretary of state's office, they will be verified by election officials. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
Elections Three Arizona Ballot Measures Filed, but Abortion Measure Fails to Collect Enough Signatures

The two measures that met the signature threshold focus on predatory bill collection and ensuing that those funding elections are publicly known.

Associated Press Associated Press July 13, 2022 8:21 am MST
Healthcare Joan Steede, a home health care worker from Phoenix, pushing for action on the Build Back Better plan. (Photo by Diannie Chavez/Cronkite News)
Healthcare An Arizona Home Care Worker Speaks on the Dark Side of the Profession 

Low wages among healthcare workers are proving to not just be demoralizing—they’re destroying the industry’s workforce.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner June 27, 2022 1:14 pm MST

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Commentary Opinion: Arizona’s Senators Must Preserve Healthcare Subsidies 

Healthcare advocate and cancer survivor Ana Valenzuela says Arizona's senators need to ensure health insurance subsidies are protected for good.

Ana Valenzuela Ana Valenzuela June 3, 2022 1:36 pm MST
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Commentary Fighting for the Post Office Is Fighting for My Life

Opinion: Receiving medications by mail isn’t just convenient, it’s crucial to my health.

Casey Clowes Casey Clowes September 18, 2020 12:35 pm MST