Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Announcement from the Richard Carmona for U.S. Senate Campaign:
Carmona to hold veterans town halls throughout Arizona
Rich Carmona continues his statewide veterans town hall tour in Yuma on Tuesday, where he will meet with veterans and supporters. This will be the third stop in a series of six veterans town halls. Carmona is a combat-decorated Special Forces veteran who served in Vietnam and went to college and medical school on the GI Bill. Carmona became a trauma surgeon, deputy sheriff and the 17th Surgeon General of the United States.
The town halls will continue through the remainder of the week. Please contact the campaign for additional information. Each event is open to the public and credentialed media only.
WHAT: Veterans Town Hall
WHEN: July 31
WHERE:
- Yuma: Tuesday, July 31, 1:30 PM
American Legion Post 19
2575 S. Virginia Drive
Yuma, AZ 85364
WHAT: Veterans Town Halls
WHEN: August 3 and 4
WHERE:
- Tucson: Friday, August 3, 3:30 PM
VFW Post 10015
5768 S. Fontana Street
Tucson, AZ 85706
- Sierra Vista: Saturday, August 4, 3:30 PM
University of Arizona South
1140 N. Colombo Avenue
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
Please RSVP to Danny Carroll at (602) 441-3595 or Danny@CarmonaForArizona.com
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Would love to hear him speak to this: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48387672/ns/local_news-phoenix_az/#.UBbUr2Fv9CQ
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s 2001 expansion of Medicaid coverage resulted in lower death rates in the state, according to a study of several states that links increased coverage to fewer deaths and overall better health.
The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at three states that expanded their Medicaid programs in 2001 and 2002 to cover childless adults. By looking at states with that “major Medicaid expansion,” the study hoped to predict what the future of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act might hold.
In the five years after Arizona, New York and Maine expanded Medicaid to cover childless adults, those states posted an average 6.1 percent decrease in mortality rates compared to neighboring states, the study said.