A new report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found the number of uninsured children (under 18) in Arkansas declined by 31 percent between 2008 and 2013. During this five year period over 17,000 children gained...
Ninety two percent of consumers who met with in-person assisters (IPAs) were able to get the information they needed about enrolling in health coverage during open enrollment last year, according to a new study. However, those seeking to enroll...
A new report shows the Private Option is having a positive impact in Arkansas. The report, which was released by the White House, shows that Arkansas, and other states that extended coverage to low-income citizens, has created jobs and...
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’ve been thinking a lot about our fathers and the other special men in our life and how we’d like them to stay as healthy as possible. Bill Corr, with the Department...
Changes to the health insurance Arkansas provides to its educators and state employees are being debated by the legislature. The state is considering stopping contributions to part-time employees’ health coverage and “transferring” them to the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace...
For 26-year-old Nate Kennedy, health coverage under the Affordable Care Act arrived not a moment too soon. On January 2nd, the day after his new “silver” health plan kicked in, he developed a high fever and night sweats, and...
Anita Geiger is a mother, a student, and an employee from Conway. She hasn’t had any health coverage in the past six years and she’s made sacrifices to keep her daughter healthy. “You look at your child’s face...
New Outreach and Enrollment Opportunities (please apply!) New opportunities for affordable health coverage will be here in Arkansas on January 1, 2014. Arkansas still faces decisions about strengthening coverage for those earning less than 138 percent of the federal...
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 of the United States to uphold the Affordable Care...
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 longer be denied coverage based on so-called “pre-existing conditions,”...