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Changes coming to Arizona's Medicaid program

Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who got health coverage through Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic may have to verify their eligibility in the coming months.
by Andrew Oxford

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Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who got health coverage through Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic may have to verify their eligibility in the coming months and risk losing their insurance.

Zaida Dedolph Piecoro, health policy director at the Children's Action Alliance, explains how the rules for coverage could change later this year.

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