Stories tagged: "healthcare"

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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
Opinion Anna McCallister-Nichols (Photo by Alonso Parra, Lamp Left Media)
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
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Government Five Ways Democrats Have Helped Arizona Under Biden’s Leadership

From the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration and Democratic leaders in Congress have passed an impressive array of bills.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 16, 2022 1:04 pm MST
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Affordability Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Arizona Families

The bill lowers healthcare costs, incentivizes companies to adopt renewable energies and produce clean energy products; provides consumer rebates for those products, and delivers tens of billions of dollars of direct investments to American communities—funded by taxes on billion-dollar corporations. 

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 11, 2022 2:00 pm 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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Healthcare Your Guide to Reproductive Resources In Arizona

The Phoenix-based organization Instituto has compiled a list of resources to help Arizonans looking for medical information, volunteer opportunities, and more. 

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz May 20, 2022 8:37 am MST