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PHOENIX - The sober living scheme that defrauded Arizona of an estimated $2.8 billion was under scrutiny at the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

It has been two years after a massive crackdown, and lawmakers are trying to hold the state’s Medicaid agency, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), accountable.

Behavioral health providers say they’ve waited several months for AHCCCS to pay them for services provided. They believe that they’ve been scapegoated because of alleged bad actors who targeted vulnerable people, including tribal members, without providing real treatment.

What we know:

It was a packed house for the State Senate Health and Human Services Committee, with the focus on the multi-billion dollar AHCCCS scandal.

There were clearly two sides t

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