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Arizona Health Care Experts Worried About AHCA

By Mark Brodie, Will Stone
Published: Friday, May 5, 2017 - 2:39pm
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After failing to bring the bill to a vote the first time, the Republican-led U.S. House has passed its replacement for the Affordable Care Act.

The American Health Care Act, or AHCA, has undergone some changes since the bill was first introduced, and that was enough to win the vote of almost all of Arizona’s House Republicans who cast their votes on Thursday.

While the bill has a long way to go before becoming law, it already has many in Arizona’s health care industry concerned. KJZZ’s Will Stone covers health policy and he joins me.

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