Health
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Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you
Eye exams are an important first step to identifying kids with potential vision problems.
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Arizona voters praise Harris over plummeting cost of lifesaving medication
Successful price negotiations under a Biden-Harris initiative will reduce the cost for several prescriptions by thousands of dollars per month.
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Two years in, the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs and creating a clean energy jobs boom in Arizona
The Inflation Reduction Act ensured that 41,000 Arizonans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for over 28,000 Arizona seniors, and incentivized manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations secure $6 billion in savings for taxpayers
The White House estimates that these new prices will lead to around $6 billion in savings for the Medicare program in 2026. The new prices will be anywhere from 38% to 79% lower than the drugs’ list prices last year, saving seniors on Medicare an estimated $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.
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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two…
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Major drugmakers capped cost of asthma inhalers at $35 per month after investigation from Democrats
AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, and GlaxoSmithKline all agreed to cap the price of asthma inhalers earlier this year following an investigation by a Democratic-led Senate Committee.
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New limit on prescription drug costs would be removed under Project 2025
A group of former Trump advisors published a blueprint for him to use to fulfill his promise to reverse “health policies enacted under the Obama and Biden Administrations.”
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Arizona seniors would pay more for prescription drugs under Project 2025
Project 2025 calls for repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, which would cause millions of American seniors to pay more for their prescription drugs.
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Rep. Judy Schwiebert talks education, family, and what it takes to change the system
North Valley residents: Bookmark this exclusive Q&A with Rep. Schwiebert, part of The Copper Courier’s guide to voting in the 2024 election.
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Arizona’s paid parental caregiving program empowers families of disabled children
For Shauna Newman and other parents of disabled children in Arizona, the permanent expansion of a pandemic-era paid parental caregiving program has provided relief—both financially and emotionally.
