A rising number of people in rural areas of Arizona are losing their health insurance, thanks to cuts to both the Affordable Care Act and the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System.<\/p>\n
The cuts have hit areas like Gila, Navajo and Apache counties especially hard, given the high poverty rate, lack of primary care doctors and financially vulnerable hospitals.<\/p>\n
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