Arizona Supreme Court to Review State's Motion to Dismiss Medicaid Lawsuit

Statement

"I applaud the Arizona Supreme Court for granting the state's Petition for Review in the Medicaid Restoration lawsuit. With the Court's decision, Arizona is one step closer to ending the baseless lawsuit, thereby allowing the state to focus exclusively on implementing one of the most critical and meaningful health care policies to be enacted in years: the restoration of a significant segment of our model Medicaid program,
AHCCCS, in accordance with the will of the Arizona voters and the state Legislature.

"I am hopeful the Court will affirm the Superior Court ruling and reverse the appellate decision, siding with the majority of Arizonans and a bi-partisan legislative coalition. As I have said before, this issue is not about politics -- it is about the more than 276,000 Arizonans who risk losing crucial, cost-effective healthcare, the viability of our rural and safety-net hospitals, and the ability of our state budget to fund critical programs and services essential to our most vulnerable.

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