Good News for Kids’ Oral Health
On Thursday morning, two bills were delivered to Governor Beebe that will greatly improve the oral health of children in Arkansas by reducing their chances of having tooth decay. Senate […]
Red Tape Rally coverage
We were delighted by the coverage our ARKids First Red Tape Rally got last week. Especially an editorial from the Fort Smith Times Record: Children in Arkansas deserve to have […]
Unemployment Benefits – Under a Legislative Microscope
There have been bills filed that will hurt our most economically vulnerable middle class Arkansas families, those who have been laid off from their jobs and are receiving or applying […]
Bill Targets Unemployment Benefit Recipients (and Puts Arkansas at Odds with Federal Regulations)
We all want to believe that the worst of the recession is behind us. That people who have lost their jobs are finding work. Sadly, we’re not there yet. Families […]
Estimates of Uninsured Arkansans – New Data Source
In a few weeks we’ll see a flood of new data from the 2010 survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 2000, we’ve relied on smaller samply surveys for estimates […]
States Continued to Improve Medicaid in 2010 Despite Budget Woes… but not Arkansas
During the past year, as the entire nation has been focused on the country’s continuing economic problems, Medicaid and CHIP have continued to play a central role in providing coverage […]
Now let’s move forward with health
House bill 1053, an attempt to remove requirements under the new health care law, failed to get out of the House committee this morning. We detailed here yesterday why this bill moves […]
Ripping Through Red Tape
We have more information to share on the Red Tape Bill, Senate Bill 65. You already know that it would cut the red tape on ARKids First applications, preventing 20,000 […]
Let’s Move Forward, not backward on health care
Tomorrow the House Public Health committee will consider a bill that would try to opt Arkansas out of the many benefits and protections offered by the health reform bill passed […]
Another chance to promote affordable health care.
The House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010 – despite the law being approved by a majority of both Houses of Congress and signed […]