Yet Another Giant APS Electricity Rate Hike & Return on Equity Boost? Really?
Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s largest (monopoly) electric utility, is asking the Arizona Corporation Commission (the five-member body that oversees monopoly utility rates) for a whopping 14% rate increase this year. If you’re one of APS’s more than 1.4 million customers, you deserve to know a few things about their request that aren’t getting enough attention. APS is a monopoly utility. If you live in its service territory, you
Arizona’s First H.R. 1 Medicaid Cuts Arrive October 1 Refugees, Asylees & other legally present people are 1st in line for cuts
Beginning October 1, the first of the healthcare (Medicaid) cuts from H.R. 1 kick in – throwing thousands of legally present refugees and asylees off of Medicaid coverage. Refugees, people granted asylum and several other humanitarian groups who’ve long been eligible will no longer qualify because federal Medicaid funding is being taken from these legally present immigrants. The federal rules also knock off people in several other humanitarian immigration categories that previously counted
AZ Grant Opportunities – Compiled by the Vitalyst Health Foundation
NEW Due August 20th: Rural AZ Navigator Program Due August 21st: Technical Assistance: Operational & Fiscal Performance Due August 21st: Rural Health Innovative Care Pilot Program Due August 21st: Arizona Department of Health Services Lung Health Screening Due August 26th: Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program grants NOFO Due August 28th: Behavioral Health & SUD Expansion Due August 28th: Adopt Shared Services Consortiums Due August 29th: National Science Foundation Grants for Undergraduates NEW Due August
Just What the Doctor Ordered: UA Training Physicians Where We Need Them
The UA College of Medicine along with Phoenix and Gila River Health Care are creating the nation’s first MD medical-school branch located within a sovereign Tribal Nation. The first DO-degree-granting medical school on tribal land is the “Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Cherokee Nation” in Tahlequah, OK. Its first class graduated in 2024. Next summer (July 2027) 10 students will be admitted to the UA- Phoenix
Preventing an Eviction Is Public Health
This week Maricopa County launched a new Eviction Prevention Pilot Program to mitigate evictions. Evictions are super easy in Arizona due to our Residential Landlord and Tenant Act which is highly tilted toward landlords and against tenants. It was passed in 1972 and hasn’t been changed much since. Updating Arizona’s Landlord-Tenant Act: A Crucial Step to Prevent Evictions and Save Lives – AZ Public Health Association Kudos to the Maricopa
Prop. 319 Slams the Door on an Evidence-Based Core Injury Prevention Tool
Prop 319 Debate on Arizona PBS KAET Thursday at 5 and 10pm Arizona voters will have several ballot propositions this fall. One that hasn’t gotten much attention yet is Proposition 319, the Legislature’s referral micromanaging photo enforcement of traffic laws including red light running cameras. It even slams the door on cities that might want to use red light running cameras and school zone speed cameras in the future. We