Arizona Public Media
By: Vanessa Barchfield
Fifty-four percent of children in Arizona living in small towns and rural areas got health coverage through AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program in 2015, a study said.
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“And I think what this research shows is that children and families in small towns and rural areas will be disproportionately harmed by cuts to Medicaid,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the center, noting that the cuts would push the uninsured rate up.
“We also know from a lot of research that having insurance and having access to Medicaid is correlated with better health outcomes for children as they grow up,” she said. “It’s also correlated with better educational outcomes and economic outcomes.”
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