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State Rep. Olivia Cajero Bedford Endorses Matt Heinz for State House
- Heinz files nominating papers for State House
- First Democrat to file for any race statewide
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 Welcome to Heinz 2008!
Thank you for visiting my campaign website. I invite you to get to know more about me and see why I look forward to serving you and our community as one of your Representatives in the State Legislature.
This campaign is about the health of our community. As your advocate in the legislature, I will work to increase support for public education, help Arizona use cleaner, renewable energy, and initiate meaningful reform of our struggling health care system.
As a physician, I see firsthand the need for change in how health care is delivered in hospitals and in doctors’ offices. People from all walks of life acknowledge the urgency and severity of the health care crisis, yet little is being done at the state level to address this crisis.
I have the medical training, the experience, and the motivation to advocate in the Legislature for better and more affordable medical care for all patients. I want to help Arizonans avoid the sorts of decisions that confront many of my patients: should they pay for food and electricity, or should they fill prescription medications? Should they pay to go to a family doctor when they are sick, or wait to see if they get better and risk ending up in an expensive emergency room when things get worse? The time is long overdue to confront these issues!
Please contact me with your questions and concerns. I look forward to hearing from you!
 The Issues
Reform Health Care
- Barriers to preventive medical care
- Overwhelmed emergency rooms
- Barriers to mental health treatment
- Shortages of medical personnel
- Physician shortages in lower income communities
- Over one million uninsured Arizonans
- Skyrocketing prescription drug costs
- Inefficient Medical Recordkeeping
- Lack of health and wellness education
- Wasteful defensive medical practices
- Private-insurance- and HMO-driven medical care
- Minimal state oversight of medical insurers
About Matt Heinz
- Graduate of University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency
- Executive Committee Member, Healthy Arizona Initiative
- Harvard Research Fellowship Award Recipient
- Practicing Physician at Tucson Medical Center with experience at UMC and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
- Armory Park neighborhood resident
- Arizona Repertory Singers, former member
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