Thursday, December 09, 2010

And the first one out of the gate is...

...State Sen.-elect David Schapira (D-LD17).

The first bill proposal posted on the Arizona Legislature's website for the 50th Session is Schapira's SB1001, relating to transplant services and AHCCCS.

If passed (and I'm under no illusions that it will be), it would remove the exclusions of various transplant services from being paid for by AHCCCS, Arizona's version of Medicaid.

It's too late for Mark Price, one of the first people who were denied a needed transplant, but it may not be too late the other patients who have been endangered by the Governor's quest to destroy Arizona's social safety net.

Later...

3 comments:

Thane Eichenauer said...

Schapira is apparently holding a casting call for Ebenezer Scrooge. I wonder who is going to apply for that role?

Tim O said...

Nice link Thane. So do you usually cry at the end?

Thane Eichenauer said...

Naw. I usually ponder the story while sipping some blood wine.