Gov. Katie Hobbs participated in a roundtable with Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) providers at Flagstaff Medical Center last Thursday to discuss the potential effects of proposed cuts to Medicaid funding on healthcare in rural and northern parts of the state.
Hobbs said she had also met with groups of hospital administrators, healthcare center directors and Medicaid patients to learn about potential effects.
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