Health Care Reform Challenging Yet Vital

There are no easy answers to health care reform, and a lot of hard questions to be answered, but most of us agree that something needs to be done.

Beware of “Hidden Tax” Created by Healthcare Cuts to State Budget

The Arizona Chamber Foundation published a study that measured the financial impact of the hidden healthcare tax. It showed Arizona employers and our state’s 3.5 million privately insured consumers pay 40 percent above cost for hospital services because public insurers—Medicare and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona’s Medicaid program—significantly underpay hospitals for healthcare services.