U.S. Senate’s Budget Bill Would Take Away Health Care from at Least 140,000 Arkansans, Put Parents and Kids at Risk of Hunger

We need our Congressional delegation to stand up for Arkansas and reject this reckless plan that will devastate our fellow Arkansans.

The State Makes Positive Strides for Maternal Health, But More is Needed

On August 9, 2022, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that Arkansas will be expanding its Medicaid programs to include more coverage for new and expecting mothers. With the help of federal […]

Family Glitch Resolved Just In Time For The Marketplace Open Enrollment

On November 1, 2022, the open enrollment period for health insurance plans under the ACA through the Health Insurance Marketplace begins.

New Census Data Point to Importance of Government Relief

Overall, federal investments shielded many Arkansas families from more severe hardship and helped shorten the country’s economic crisis.

ACA repeal lawsuit would end health coverage for 230,000 Arkansans, new data show

Lawsuit more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis If a lawsuit before the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeds, 230,000 Arkansans would […]

Children’s Health Coverage in Arkansas: Losing Ground at a Rapid Pace

Children in Arkansas are losing health insurance coverage at a staggering rate. In September, the United States Census Bureau published yearly data from its American Community Survey, as it has […]

ACA repeal more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis

Trump Administration lawsuit would end health coverage for more than 299,000 Arkansans UPDATE: The Trump Administration filed its lawsuit late on Thursday, June 26, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

Appeals Court delivers another blow to Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirement

Will it finally be abandoned? On Friday, Feb. 14, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld the District Court’s decision to […]

Progress Has Stalled in Covering Arkansas Children with Health Insurance

The number of uninsured children increased nationally by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, reversing a long-standing positive trend according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for […]

Survey Says: More People Without Insurance; Employment and Incomes Rising, If Unevenly

Today the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual release of national-level statistics on income, poverty and health insurance coverage. As we wrote in our previous blog post, these statistics are […]