Reprinted from Sonoran Alliance: In the most general of terms, a conflict of interest is “a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgment or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest.” In Arizona, there really are no rules governing legislative conflict of interest statutes. Essentially, as [...]
Reprinted from Western Free Press: President Obama recently revealed that he’s pursuing closure of “tax loopholes” in the U.S. gas and oil industry. History has shown us that Democrats are often quick to blame ”greedy” oil companies for the financial ills of society. President Obama is leading his current crusade in the name of “energy reform,” invoking class [...]
Great piece from Greg Conterio over at Western Free Press: I was out doing some work late today, picking up a few things. The news had been dominated over whether there was or was not an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombing case, so I really wasn’t expecting anything other than media navel-gazing over [...]
Reprinted from Western Free Press: Who Wants to be a Half-Millionaire? Arizona’s Top Paid Unelected Bureaucrat The controversy surrounding the recent mental health care contract given to Maricopa Integrated Health Systems by the State of Arizona is gaining momentum. Several local conservative blogs have reported on the story recently. The contract, which stands to be worth $2 [...]
The original AP story referenced below, titled “Dem vows friendlier face to immigrants” should be called out for what it really is: a blatant attempt to vilify Republicans like Jan Brewer and pave the “nice guy” human interest angle for the Democrats’ only viable governor candidate for 2014. Other versions of this same story included [...]
Reprinted from Sonoran Alliance The recent mental health contract awarded by the state to Maricopa County Integrated Health System or MIHS is raising eyebrows. MIHS, a government funded and owned entity, is on the cusp of receiving a 3-year contract that is potentially worth $3 billion dollars. Any $3 billion dollar deal should be viewed as [...]
Chuck Coughlin, the governor’s chief advisor on Medicaid expansion, discusses the proposal on Sunday Square Off.
Since January, many of us at the State Capitol have been trying to determine a common sense way to approach reliable health care for our neediest citizens. It is clear that a full expansion of our Medicaid program to 138% above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) will add 400,000 patients or more to an already [...]
From the Arizona Republic Gov. Jan Brewer and her allies have a very good case, in fact an overwhelming one, to make for her Medicaid expansion plan on the merits. Overall, the plan will spend less in state and local public resources to bring in considerably more in federal funds and provide far more extensive [...]
From SeeingRedAz.com (PoliticsArizona NOTE: This story was originally posted Feb. 12th, 2013. But given word that MIHS and Betsey Bayless are being sued for the behavioral health contract they were recently awarded, this story becomes curiouser and curiouser) We knew the newspaper was ailing, but this is a serious affliction This past weekend we reported on the [...]
