Arizona's Path to Becoming a Healthcare Mecca

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Arizona’s Path to Becoming a HEALTHCARE MECCA

Tom Evans | Contributing Editor

If you know someone who has lived here a long time, chances are they have some story about how they or a family member moved here “for their health.” I’ve heard a million yarns about how Grandma Sadie moved to Sun City to help her cough, or Uncle Jake moved here to ease his arthritis, or something along those lines.

You hear less of that these days. Perhaps, at one point, the medical value of living in the desert was a tad overstated. But we Arizonans still find ourselves 7 million strong and growing every day.

Today we find ourselves with two directly divergent factors in play when it comes to healthcare. First, Arizona happens to be home to some of the finest medical facilities in the world, with more coming online all the time.