Medicaid Plays Crucial Role in Rural Arizona

January Contreras, executive director of the Children's Action Alliance, said the conversations in Washington, D.C., about possible cuts to Medicaid seem "disconnected" from what is happening on the ground in Arizona.

"What will happen if coverage for hundreds of thousands of people is taken away is, there will be more uncompensated care," Contreras pointed out. "People will continue to need emergency rooms, they'll continue to need health care services - and those costs will shift to others in the health care system."

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