Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Don Schaller In-Studio Interview (Corso); Don Schaller and Richard Boals In-Studio Interview (Corso); West-Side Zoo Update Package (Cavanary). Segments on AHCCCS eligibility (notch group families) and the Wildlife World Zoo. There is a pre-show take for the first 45 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss gubernatorial candidates, the AHCCCS program, water initiatives, and the South Mountain land swap. Panelists include John Kolbe, Political Editor, Phoenix Gazette; Keven Ann Willey, Political Reporter, Arizona Republic; Doug MacEachern, Managing Editor, Arizona Monthly.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss the Arizona Legislature's first week of overtime (air quality, AHCCCS, rural county aid, and the budget), a heart transplant mistake, and a gubernatorial press release mistake. Panelists include John Kolbe, Political Editor, Phoenix Gazette; Laurie Asseo, Legislative Reporter, Associated Press; Max Jennings, Executive Editor, Tribune Newspapers.

AHCCCS Package, Sen. Greg Lunn and Rep. Cindy Resnick Remote Interview (Britton); Pre-School Push Package (Palacio). Segments on AHCCCS and schools for babies/very young children.

Abortion Legislation Package, Doug Scott and Berry Sweet In-Studio Interview (Britton); Bommersbach's Byline #63: AHCCCS Package (Durrenberger). Segments on parental consent for abortions, and Bommersbach's Byline (AHCCCS costs for Native Americans living on reservations). There is a pre-show take for the first 1:05; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Transplant Ban Package, Rep. Bill English and Lawrence Koep In-Studio/Remote Interview (Taylor); Bommersbach's Byline #67: Revitalizing Phoenix Package (Durrenberger). Segments on AHCCCS' lack of coverage for indigent health needs and organ transplants, and Bommersbach's Byline (the impact of violent crime on attempted improvements to Downtown Phoenix). There is a pre-show take for the first 30 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Pre-recorded Friday Edition. Panelists discuss the Arizona Legislature's decision to disallow organ transplants for the poor, a budget dispute between Governor Mecham and the Legislature, support of the recall by State Senate Democrats, and Gilbert's decision to allow a buyout of APS. Panelists include Don Harris, Political and Labor Writer, Arizona Republic; Laurie Asseo, Legislative Reporter, Associated Press; Andy Zipser, Staff Writer, The Business Journal.

AHCCCS Package, Dr. Len Kirschner and Sen. Greg Lunn In-Studio/Remote Interview (Shelton); Radon Follow-Up Package, John O'Neill In-Studio (Taylor); Fall Colors Package (Cavanary). Segments on AHCCCS' financial troubles, the radon problem in Arizona and a survey concerning radon contamination, and fall colors at the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. There is a pre-show take for the first 45 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

AHCCCS/Long Term Care Package, Jim Shipman and Sen. Lunn Remote (Britton); Bommersbach's Byline #94: Reagan and the Stars Package (Wong); Stars Package (Shelton). Segments on the Arizona Legislature's struggle with AHCCCS, Bommersbach's Byline (nonsense in the news), and the symbolic role of stars in society. There is a pre-show take for the first 40 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Liver Transplant Funding Package, Leonard Kirschner and Carolyn Walker (Shelton); Nursing Home Financing Package, Linda Exner In-Studio (Taylor); Equine Trust Foundation Package (Palacio). Segments on state budget issues and AHCCCS limitations (children's liver transplants), problems in Arizona's nursing homes (deregulation and lack of staff), and horse disease research at the Equine Trust Foundation.