‘You can’t even cover them’: Andy Biggs’ 2011 bid to end Medicaid in Arizona

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 1,083

Last Updated: 1 day ago

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When Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for governor, was a state senator, he tried to abolish Medicaid in the Grand Canyon State because it cost taxpayers too much to provide health insurance for low-income Arizonans.

“When we allow the generations in the future to be robbed and enslaved to pay for the healthcare costs of people today, we’re not being good stewards,” Biggs said during an Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in 2011. “We’re allowing …

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