Arizona could lose millions of dollars in public-health funding if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
The opioid epidemic, disease outbreaks and vaccines for children and adults in need — those are just some of the public-health issues that the Prevention and Public Health Fund pays for in Arizona.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administers the pot of money, which was part of the Affordable Care Act. A report from the non-profit Trust for America’s Health said that over the next five years, the state could be short more than $40 million if the health-care law is repealed and the fund axed.
Over the past decade, Arizona’s core funding for health emergencies has been cut by more than a third, according to the report.
