Smart meters health issues not part of decision, Corporation Commissioner says
By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services | Arizona Business Gazette Elizabeth Kelley isn’t claiming those smart meters reading your electric usage are going to kill you. But the Tucson head of the Electromagnetic Safety Alliance said the radiation coming off what essentially is a radio transmitter attached to your house is just being added [...]
Read More →[EDITORIAL] Medicaid expansion should pass
Casa Grande Dispatch The Arizona Legislature is plugging along with an abbreviated schedule, past the time when it often adjourns. The big sticking point is a strong push by Gov. Jan Brewer to expand Medicaid to include those who earn a third more than the federal poverty rate. That would benefit many Pinal County residents [...]
Read More →Some argue the constitutionality of Arizona’s Medicaid expansion
(Condensed from The Yellow Sheet Report) The Arizona Republic columnist Robert Robb on Friday advanced a legal argument suggesting that by “shoehorning” the Medicaid expansion proposal into a health care appropriation, the Senate might have violated the Constitution’s single-subject rule. The rule states: “The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the different [...]
Read More →Bare-bones health plans might avoid employer penalties; hard to say how new law will pan out in the end, says David Weissman, director Rose Law Group Employment Law and Managed Health Care Law Practice
By Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde Mathews | The Wall Street Journal Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties under the federal health law by offering very limited plans that can lack key benefits such as hospital coverage. Benefits advisers and insurance brokers—bucking a commonly held expectation that the law [...]
Read More →From a health perspective, are smart meters smart?
By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal The Arizona Corporation Commission is looking into whether smart meters designed to help people learn about their energy use pose health threats. It can’t be too soon for Judy Staab and Warren Woodward, who both say there is evidence smart meters pose substantial health problems. The commission is [...]
Read More →With midnight oil burning, bipartisan Senate passes budget, Medicaid expansion
By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times A debate that lasted nearly 12 hours ended late Thursday night, when the Arizona state Senate approved a budget proposal that includes a plan to expand Medicaid coverage as desired by Gov. Jan Brewer. A bloc of five Republican senators joined forces with Senate Democrats to wrest control [...]
Read More →Showdown on two fronts looms over Medicaid expansion
By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times Senate President Andy Biggs stepped forward Tuesday with a budget proposal similar to the one offered by Gov. Jan Brewer in January, but it defiantly does not include her Medicaid expansion plan. Not counting the state’s $450 million rainy day fund, the state would face a deficit of [...]
Read More →House speaker proposes ballot measure on Medicaid expansion
By Hank Stephenson | Arizona Capitol Times Unable or unwilling to take on Medicaid expansion at the Capitol, House speaker Andy Tobin wants to ask voters in the state whether they want to expand Medicaid coverage. He is working on a resolution to send the question to the ballot in a special election this year. [...]
Read More →Officials study valley fever outbreak at solar power projects
By Julie Cart | Los Angeles Times Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and San Luis Obispo [...]
Read More →Republican lawmakers slam Brewer’s Medicaid plan as too expensive
By Matthew Longon | Cronkite News Republican lawmakers and advocates for limited government took to the House lawn Thursday to protest Gov. Jan Brewer’s support for expanding Medicaid coverage. After opposing the Affordable Care Act and deciding against having a state-run health insurance exchange, Brewer announced earlier this year she wants Arizona to accept billions [...]
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