In 2025 Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families collected stories from people who were insured through ARHOME, one of Arkansas’s Medicaid programs. Data points and numbers are important because they help us understand the impact, but at the end of the day, numbers are only part of the picture. Storytelling is imperative to understanding the impact that Medicaid has in Arkansas communities. Engaging people with lived experiences can help inform and advance good policy.
Through this storytelling project, we aimed to work directly with people who receive their health insurance through the Medicaid program and to lift the voices of those who have barriers to coverage. We provided these stories to educate lawmakers and highlight the importance of investing in Medicaid for families and in communities. Arkansas Advocates shared the stories of individuals with experience with the Arkansas Medicaid program in our series, “The Medicaid Minute.” You can find the videos on our YouTube channel.
