Arizona's $21 billion Medicaid program is government health insurance that as of February provided coverage to roughly one in every four state residents or 2 million people. Known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System or AHCCCS (pronounced ...

Even Arizonans who aren't on Medicaid benefit from it, said Sen. Ruben Gallego, who is trying to get the word out before Congress cuts funding.

Her family’s insurance only covered around 20% of the procedure and without Arizona’s Medicaid program, Stevenson said she and her parents, who work in education and social work, would have struggled to afford the emergency expense.

Critics of adding work requirements and other limits on Medicaid say it could harm vulnerable people, including those with jobs.