Arizona health insurance

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status report:
Arizona state health insurance exchange

What progress is being made in setting up its federally-mandated Arizona state health insurance exchange?"

About state health insurance exchanges

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How did Arizona officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

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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

how healthy is living in Arizona?

Arizona is ranked as the 31st healthiest state to live in, according to the 2010 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

• The report praised Arizona for having a low prevalence of smoking and low rates of preventable hospitalizations and low rates of both cancer and cardiovascular deaths.

The bad news:

• Arizona's ranking fell three spots from 2009.
• Over the past decade the percentage of children in proverty almost doubled – from 16.1 percent to 31.3 percent.
• Obesity in Arizona also more than doubled, from 10.8 percent to 25.8 percent since 1990.

Arizona's best and worst category ratings:

• Cancer deaths – 4th
• Cadiovascular deaths – 4th
• Preventable hospitalizations – 7th
• Lack of health insurance – 46th
• Children in poverty – 49th

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?

No, Arizona does not offer its own risk pool for its citizens who are medically uninsurable.

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.

how to find health insurance in Arizona

Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in Arizona and all other states.
• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's guide on how to find health insurance in Arizona.
• Materiales En Español – Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.

Georgetown's Arizona health insurance guide

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.

Review Georgetown's guide for Arizona.

Health insurance plan report cards for Arizona

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers.

Go here to search for Arizona health insurance plan report cards.

Arizona government health insurance resources

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

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

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