Arizona Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in Arizona?

Arizona is ranked as the 25th healthiest state to live in – a two-spot improvement from last year – according to the 2012 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

• Arizona's overall ranking is the highest it's been in nearly 10 years.
• Deaths from cancer and cardiovascular disease are among the lowest in the nation.
• Smoking in Arizona is on the decline, with 13.5 percent of adults smoking in 2011 compared to 20.2 percent five years ago.

The bad news:

• While the rate is declining, one in four children lives in poverty.
• Getting an appointment with a primary care doctor can be challenging. The state has about 96 primary care physicians for every 100,000 people, compared to 195 for the top-ranked state.

Arizona's best and worst category ratings:

• Cardiovascular Deaths – 2nd
• Cancer Deaths – 3rd
• Preventable Hospitalizations – 10th
• Primary Care Physicians – 42nd
• Children in Poverty – 43rd
• Public Health Funding – 45th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Arizona.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Arizona health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Arizona here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Arizona, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does Arizona have a health insurance high risk pool?

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Arizona started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Arizona's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Arizona

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide on how to find health insurance in Arizona.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Arizona can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Arizona health insurance plan report cards.

Arizona state government health insurance resources

Arizona Department of Insurance health reform information —  How the state will implement the Affordable Care Act.

Consumer Information from the Arizona State Department of Insurance —  Health insurance topics and information geared specially for consumers. For insurance questions/problems: Phoenix Area: (602) 912-8444 Tucson Area: (520) 628-6370 Statewide: 1-800-325-2548

Arizona Department of Insurance —  Resources for consumers, insurers and producers for Arizona health insurance or medical insurance.

Arizona State Department of Health Services —  Official government Web site for department responsible for health care services for Arizonans. Arizona Department of Health Services: 150 North 18th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85007 General and Public Information: (602) 542-1000 Fax: (602) 542-0883

How did Arizona officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (5)

• Jeff Flake
• Trent Franks

• Paul Gosar
• Ben Quayle

• David Schweikert

Our
Pick

No (2)

• Raul Grijalva
• Edward Pastor

Not Voting (1) : Gabrielle Giffords