Few options for Glendale Couple losing state Medicaid Insurance

For a Glendale couple, losing their state Medicaid insurance Monday is a matter of life or death. They are among 57-hundred Arizonans with catastrophic or chronic medical conditions that the state helped cover. But that program was eliminated by state budget cuts. The couple is eligible for a federal insurance program six months from now. But as KJZZ’s Paul Atkinson reports, they may not be able to wait that long.

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