Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Panelists discuss funding for infrastructure, health care, gambling, and drug use.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss school segregation, emergency medical responders, medical care for the indigent, and ASU basketball coaches. Panelists include Jana Bommersbach, Associate Editor, New Times; Max Jennings, Executive Editor, Mesa Tribune; John Kolbe, Political Editor, Phoenix Gazette.

Adolfo Echeveste In-Studio Interview (Grant); Movie Watch II Package (Britton); The Birth Project Package (Britton). Segments on health care for elderly indigent people, Space Probe 8's Movie Watch ("The Thing" and"War of the Worlds"), and Judy Chicago's tapestry artwork projects.

Bruce Babbitt In-Studio Interview (Corso); Susan Wyckoff Interview Package (D'Alli). Segments on a presentation of images of Halley's Comet taken at the Mount Hopkins Observatory and a detailed look at Governor Bruce Babbitt's budget proposal for 1986.

Bob Corbin Remote Interview (Corso); Paul Bender and J. Russell Nelson In-Studio Interview (Durrenberger). Segments on Access health program status in the new fiscal budget and the Accuracy in Academia organization. There is a pre-show take for the first 1:10; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Joseph P. Anderson In-Studio Interview (Corso); Depression and the Elderly Package (D'Alli); Exotic Animal Behavior Package (Cavanary). Segments on the adjournment of the Arizona Legislature (final issues including AHCCCS-related topics), the North American Symposium on Depression (myths surrounding aging and depression), and zoo animal behavioral factors. The title card is shown twice during a 50-second pre-show take. The episode then continues normally.

Alfredo Gutierrez In-Studio Interview (Corso). Segments on the Arizona Legislature's social services programs and drug-smuggling crackdowns by the U.S. Customs Service. There is a pre-show take for the first minute; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Marlene Mariani In-Studio Interview (Corso); Monsoons Package (D'Alli); Valley Fever Package (D'Alli). Segments on AHCCCS eligibility (notch group families), the monsoon season, and Valley Fever. There are test name slides for the first minute; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Howard Baldwin In-Studio Interview (Corso); Booker T. Washington Package (Simons). Segments on an AHCCCS-funded liver transplant and the Booker T. Washington High School.