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Arizona Proposition 209, which addressed medical and other debt, faces legal challenge

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Arizona voters November 8 approved Proposition 209 with 72 percent of the vote. The citizen-initiated measure is designed to reduce interest rates on debt accrued from receiving healthcare services, as well as increase the value of certain property and assets exempt from debt collection processes.