PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — As the government shutdown moves into its seventh day, there’s concern that programs around one million Arizonans rely on could run out of funding soon.

The shutdown came as Democrats and Republicans failed to pass a new spending plan . Democratic lawmakers want to extend tax credits that make health care cheaper for millions of Americans, and they want to reverse deep cuts to Medicaid that were passed earlier this year. They refused to sign on to any spending plan that did not include those provisions.

The shutdown, which began Wednesday , coincided with the beginning of a new fiscal year, meaning programs like WIC , which rely on annual infusions from the federal government, are nearly out of money. Currently, the program is being sustained by a $150 mi

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