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Tag Archives: American Health Care Act

Home > Posts tagged American Health Care Act

Remembering What the American Health Care Act Could Have Meant

May 4, 2018

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Representatives French Hill, Rick Crawford, Bruce Westerman, and Steve Womack all voted for the bill. The AHCA...

The American Health Care Act Would Effectively End ACA Medicaid Expansion

June 9, 2017

The American Health Care Act, the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives in May and currently under consideration by the Senate, would shift more than $350 million in yearly costs to Arkansas by 2023, according to...

Federal Health Care Bill Would Hit Rural Arkansas Hard

May 16, 2017

The federal health bill that the House recently passed, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would be particularly harmful to Arkansas’s rural communities, according to a new report released today by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy...

Federal Health Care Bill Particularly Harmful in Arkansas

May 8, 2017

The passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by the U.S. House of Representatives will have a devastating impact on health care for Arkansas children and families. Congress rushed this through before getting an independent analysis from the nonpartisan...

Raise Your Voice: Town Hall Meetings Across the State this Month

April 11, 2017

Even though the American Health Care Act (AHCA) did not pass last month, we’re not out of the woods yet. With rumors of Congress returning soon with an updated version of the AHCA featuring even more worrisome changes, it’s...

AACF Statement on the American Health Care Act (AHCA)

March 21, 2017

The following is a statement from Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: This week the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that would repeal...

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