This story was co-published in partnership with CALÓ News and Arizona Luminaria
Amid a partisan congressional battle over federal subsidies for affordable medical insurance, Pima County resident Karen Montgomery wants government leaders to focus on the bigger picture and advocate for health care for all. Her daughter lives in Norway, where residents have universal health care, she said.
“She pays high taxes, but both education and health care are covered,” she said. “And so there’s no anxiety about whether you’re going to be able to afford something, or whether you’re going to have to go sit and wait and wait, and there’s no reason why we can’t do that.”…