Arizona Health Insurance

How healthy is living
in Arizona?

Arizona is ranked as the 29th healthiest state to live in – up two spots from last yeasr – according to the 2011 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

• The percentage of children in poverty has declined from 31.3 percent to 27.3 percent over the past year.
• The rate of deaths due to cardiovascular disease have decreased over the past decade, from 292.0 to 218.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
• Smoking in Arizona is on the decline, with 13.5 percent of adults smoking in 2011 compared to 20.2 percent five years ago.

The bad news:

• Obesity has risen by 60 percent over the past decade. Nearly 1.2 million Arizonans are classified as obese.
• The number of Arizonans with diabetes has also doubled over the past decade.

The state's best and worst category ratings:

• Smoking – 4th
• Cancer Deaths – 4th
• Cardiovascular Deaths – 5th
• Preventable Hospitalizations – 7th
• Public Health Funding – 45th
• Geographic Disparity – 45th
• Children in Poverty – 46th
• Diabetes – 47th

more details

• See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Arizona.
• Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Arizona health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Arizona here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Arizona, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.

Does Arizona have a health insurance high risk pool?

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Arizona started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Arizona's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.

Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Arizona

• The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide to guide on how to find health insurance in Arizona.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Arizona can be found here.
• The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Arizona health insurance plan report cards.

state government health insurance resources

Department of Insurance health reform information —  How the state will implement the Affordable Care Act.

Consumer Information from the State Department of Insurance —  Health insurance topics and information geared specially for consumers. For insurance questions/problems: Phoenix Area: (602) 912-8444 Tucson Area: (520) 628-6370 Statewide: 1-800-325-2548

Department of Insurance —  Resources for consumers, insurers and producers for health insurance or medical insurance.

State Department of Health Services —  Official government Web site for department responsible for health care services for ns. Department of Health Services: 150 North 18th Avenue Phoenix, 85007 General and Public Information: (602) 542-1000 Fax: (602) 542-0883

How did officials vote on health reform?

H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

#14

Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting

HOUSE|SENATE

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]

Yes (5)

• Jeff Flake
• Trent Franks

• Paul Gosar
• Ben Quayle

• David Schweikert

Our
Pick

No (2)

• Raul Grijalva
• Edward Pastor

Not Voting (1) : Gabrielle Giffords