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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; arizona medicaid</title>
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		<title>Medicare and Medicaid:  Arizona Dual Eligibles</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/04/22/medicare-and-medicaid-arizona-dual-eligibles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid is a state/federal program providing health insurance for low-income Americans. In Arizona, Medicaid is known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS, pronounced &#8220;access&#8221;). People on Medicare, who have income below $950 per month, qualify for AHCCCS help. These folks are called &#8220;dual eligibles&#8221; because they have both Medicare and Medicaid/AHCCCS. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Ends Medical Expense Deduction Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The networking site, &#8220;Linked-In&#8221; has several groups for insurance agents, and there were recently some posts about the Obamacare mandate requiring everyone to buy health insurance starting in 2014.  I offered my thoughts on health insurance and the mandate as follows: Until July of this year, Arizona Medicaid, known as AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on &#8220;Arizona should not help people with their medical bills&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/03/31/more-on-arizona-should-not-pay-peoples-medical-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about Governor Brewer&#8217;s plan to cancel Arizona&#8217;s Medicaid program for people who have large medical bills and no health insurance. The program is one part of  AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, pronounced &#8220;access&#8221;).  The title of my post was, &#8220;Arizona should not help people with their medical bills&#8221;.  Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona should not help people with their medical bills!</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/03/20/arizona-should-not-help-people-with-their-medical-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Governor Jan Brewer plans to cut out a program that comes to the rescue of people who have large medical bills they can&#8217;t pay &#8211; and I agree with her. The Arizona Republican recently reported: People in the so-called spend-down program typically earn too much to qualify for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment [...]]]></description>
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