Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage
Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage This morning’s decision by the Supreme Court […]
Making Sure the Health Insurance Exchange Works For Arkansas Families
Making Sure the Health Insurance Exchange Works For Arkansas Families The Arkansas Insurance Department is quickly moving forward with its efforts to build a health insurance Exchange by January 2014. […]
Don’t Cut the Kids
Don’t Cut the Kids Governor Mike Huckabee and the state General Assembly established the ARKids First program in 1997 (with the help of then-Senator Mike Beebe who was the lead […]
Health Care Advocacy Having a Positive Impact on Kids
Health Care Advocacy Having a Positive Impact on Kids According to a new report from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Mathematica Policy Research, advocacy organizations in twelve states have […]
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day “Prevention Works. Treatment is Effective. People Recover.” So goes this year’s slogan for Mental Health Awareness Month. May 9th is a special day in […]
Affordable Care Act helps Arkansas kids get preventive care
Affordable Care Act helps Arkansas kids get preventive care More than 64% of Arkansas’s children have gained or maintained access to cost-effective preventive care services as a result of the […]
Denial of “pre-existing conditions” no longer a threat to Arkansas children
This week child advocates celebrate the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. When the health reform law takes full effect in 2014, Americans can no […]
Arkansas Ranked 44th in Recent Assets and Opportunities Scorecard
The Corporation for Enterprise Development released their Assets and Opportunities Scorecard recently, and the news is not great for Arkansas. On balance the state ranks 44 out of 51 (all […]
More Kids Covered by Health Insurance but Challenges Linger
AACF releases study showing that more Arkansas kids are being covered by health insurance, yet many challenges remain. The number of uninsured children dropped in Arkansas even as families continued […]
Arkansas Ranks 47th in Child Well-Being Index
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) has released a state-by-state Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI). While evaluating the different factors that impact child well-being at the state level, FCD […]