Arizona Prison Healthcare Takeover Will Continue After Supreme Court Blocks State Appeal - Morning Briefing

Arizona Prison Healthcare Takeover Will Continue After Supreme Court Blocks State Appeal While asking the courts to delay the takeover, Arizona's attorneys claimed that the corrections department was not given enough time to make progress and argued that the official appointed to run healthcare operations wouldn’t be politically accountable, AP reported. On Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan denied the state’s request. Arizona's prison healthcare system has received complaints for the past 14 years and was found to have exposed prisoners to harm and preventable deaths. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/from-the-states-100226/