Lax eligibility screening by Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System could be costing the state billions, Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp said in a news conference Tuesday.

PHOENIX - An attorney is accusing the state's Medicaid program of illegally taking more money than it is entitled from enrollees who get lawsuit settlements.

Medicaid work requirements are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill spending law, but Arizona already had its own state work requirements plan.

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AHCCCS officials by July 8 had not responded to The Arizona Republic's July 7 request about how the bill could affect Arizona's Medicaid enrollees.