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The average Arizonan with medical debt has $1,903 in collections and while 20% of white Arizonans have medical debt in collections, that number for communities of color is much higher at 39%.

Judge rejects suit challenging Arizona Prop. 209, appeal on the horizon

Dec 23, 2022 ◇ Gloria Rebecca Gomez/The Arizona Mirror

A lawsuit hoping to void the medical debt reforms in Proposition 209, overwhelmingly approved by voters in November, was dismissed on Thursday by a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge.  Read more»

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A provision in Prop. 209 denotes that its protections only apply prospectively, meaning after it became law on Dec. 5.

Debt collectors, reform advocates spar in court over fate of Arizona's Prop. 209

Dec 19, 2022 ◇ Gloria Rebecca Gomez/The Arizona Mirror

A fight over voter-approved medical debt reforms in Prop 209 pits a group of debt collectors and lenders who argue that the language the proposition is unclear and the state of Arizona and Healthcare Rising Arizona, which ran the ballot measure’s campaign.  Read more»


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