PHOENIX – This weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a roundtable discussion with leaders of healthcare organizations to examine the potentially devastating cuts to Medicaid and their far-reaching impact on Arizona families and health care providers. This comes after Senator Gallego has been hearing directly from Arizonans on how they would be affected by these cuts. See coverage below:  On the Airwaves KTVK (Phoenix, AZ): Reporter: “Concern is growing for healthcare leaders gathered at a roundtable with Senator Ruben Gallego on Saturday morning discussing the future of Medicaid.” […] Senator Gallego: “There is no way you can honestly be doing your job and do these cuts to Medicaid to the poorest of

PHOENIX—Today in Phoenix, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a roundtable discussion with leaders of healthcare organizations to examine the potentially devastating cuts to Medicaid and their far-reaching impact on Arizona families and healthcare providers.  This comes as earlier this week, House Republicans passed a Budget Resolution that instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee to make $880 billion in cuts. These cuts would impact the millions of Arizonans who use Medicaid or the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), since roughly three-quarters of its funding comes from the federal government. Over 30% of Arizonans rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in rural areas in

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced that Arizonan Kyle Rahn, a disabled veteran and federal worker who was recently fired due to Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal workforce, will accompany him to watch President Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 4th.   Kyle Rahn, a North Phoenix resident, is a disabled Army veteran who served three tours in Iraq before continuing his public service as a civilian at the Department of Defense and later at the Department of Homeland Security as a national security professional. Despite 16 years of dedicated public service and his perfect record as an