County hospital money grabbed by Legislature

Richard de Uriarte
May 20, 2007 09:26 PM

You can never escape past mistakes. Down at the Legislature, the independent Maricopa County health system is fighting the state over federal funds county hospitals earn but the state keeps. It started years ago when the state needed money. Counties acquiesced, but it's a bad deal. The federal program is meant to reimburse county hospitals for treating the poor, not to pad state coffers.

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