PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to help balance the state's budget by providing government-paid health care to fewer lower-income Arizonans is headed to court.
A lawyer for one of several liberal-oriented public interest law firms preparing to challenge Brewer's plan said their lawsuit will be filed soon, probably with the Arizona Supreme Court.
The key issue in the case will be whether Brewer's plan to shrink enrollment in the state's Medicaid program by roughly 138,000 people through sign-up freezes over the next year violates the Arizona Constitution's protections for voter-approved laws.
Arizona voters in 2000 approved a ballot measure that mandated an expansion of eligibility for the Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
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