David Schapira, Senate Democratic leader-elect, Chad Campbell, House Democratic leader-elect, transplant patients, and health care providers called on the Republicans in the legislature and the Governor's office to correct their "mistake"* of cutting AHCCCS funding for transplants.
The press conference video from earlier this week -
12/07/2010 - AHCCCS Transplant Program Press Conference from ACTV on Vimeo.
The press release from the Arizona House Democratic Caucus is here.
* = They call it a mistake, but I think they are being overly charitable toward the Republicans. I think it was a decision made after a careful calculation, one where the Rs determined that they were less bothered by dead poor people than by corporations paying a marginally higher amount of taxes.
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