Pennington walks with people protesting against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts as she holds a...
Debra Pennington (R) walks with people protesting against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts as she holds a picture of her husband Michael Allen Pennington, who needs a liver transplant in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)