By AARP Arizona State
President Carl Erickson
AARP Arizona would like to thank Governor
Brewer for her decision to support the expansion of the Medicaid program in the
state, better known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
The Governor’s call, during her 2013 State of the State Address,
demonstrates that she is focused on improving the lives or those that are most
vulnerable in Arizona, the children and the poor.
Governor Brewer will be seeking to expand
AHCCCS for people up to 133% of the federal poverty level as part of federal
funding under the Affordable Care Act as well as restore coverage for 250,000
childless adults.
AARP welcomes this move as currently one
out of six Arizonans lacks health care coverage. Uncompensated care ends
up costing all of us through higher-priced services, insurance premiums and
out-of-pocket expenses.
AARP urges the Arizona Legislature to
follow the Governor’s lead in supporting a Medicaid expansion and
restoring coverage for thousands of childless adults. After all, Arizona
voters mandated better coverage for the poor under Proposition 204 and AHCCCS
is one of the best Medicaid programs in the nation for cost containment and
effectiveness.
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