Health
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OPINION: It’s time to end the stigma around mental health
Everyone has a mental health story shaped by their own experiences. Perhaps you can pinpoint a moment, a shift – a time when you were struggling. I’m sharing a part of my story in hopes of breaking the stigma surrounding mental health. The more we talk about it, the more we normalize it, and more…
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Public health workers want you to remember Trump’s healthcare record
Both presidents made healthcare a central focus while in the White House, from Trump’s failed attempts to end the Affordable Care Act to Biden’s success in capping insulin costs for seniors.
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Retired Arizona teacher touts Biden’s efforts to protect seniors’ economic security
More than one million Arizona seniors are covered by Medicare Part D, including Linda Somo of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, who worries that a second Trump term would undo progress made in lowering drug costs and lead to cuts to Social Security.
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How Rep. Ciscomani helped pack the Arizona Supreme Court with anti-abortion judges
The four Arizona Supreme Court justices who ruled to reinstate the 1864 abortion ban were appointed while Ciscomani vetted judicial nominees for the governor’s office.
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Biden administration finalizes nursing home, Medicaid reforms to improve care
The rules issued last month establish national minimum staffing requirements for federally-funded nursing homes, enact national appointment wait time standards for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees, and more.
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Arizona Legislature repeals 1864 abortion ban. Here’s what happens next.
Though the total abortion ban repeal has passed, the law won’t go into effect until fall.
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Arizona abortion law status remains unclear, even as lawmakers near repeal of ban
As Arizona lawmakers push to repeal a near-total ban on abortion, Planned Parenthood confirmed that it will continue to provide abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy “until the last legal moment.”
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in the neighboring state.
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Democrats successfully force vote on repealing 1864 abortion ban, passes House
Democrats successfully moved two bills forward to repeal Arizona’s total ban on abortion, which is slated to go into effect June 8.
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State Official: 1864 abortion ban gives Arizona ‘black eye’
A summit of elected officials convened in Phoenix to learn about its success in future-proofing democracy as the state’s recently-revived 1864 abortion ban threatens to move Arizona back into the past.
