Jan 31, 2025 · Dozens of people died in Arizona sober living homes as state officials fumbled Medicaid fraud response. Many of the deaths in sober living homes reviewed by AZCIR and ProPublica happened as officials — in at least five instances across Republican and Democratic administrations — failed to act on evidence that rampant fraud was imperiling Native Americans whose care was paid for by the ...

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Dozens of people died in Arizona sober living homes as state officials fumbled Medicaid fraud response. Many of the deaths in sober living homes reviewed by AZCIR and ProPublica happened as officials — in at least five instances across Republican and Democratic administrations — failed to act on evidence that rampant fraud was imperiling Native Americans whose care was paid for by the ...

6 days ago · No. Immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for Medicaid coverage under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s Medicaid agency. The only exception is for emergencies, as the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires medical facilities to provide emergency care to all people, regardless of citizenship or immigration status.

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State, county policies impact rejected ballot rates in November election. Election officials didn’t count 27,327 ballots cast by Arizona voters in the November election, rejecting more than twice the 10,457 votes that flipped the state for President-elect Joe Biden in what was the closest raw vote margin of any state in the nation.