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 […]

56,900 Essential Workers in Arkansas at Risk from Medicaid Cuts

Federal Policymakers Must Increase Medicaid Funding and Maintain Strong Beneficiary Protections Medicaid enrollees working in essential frontline industries are among those at risk if federal policymakers fail to provide needed […]

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 […]

Block Grants for Medicaid Would Put Arkansans at Risk

Arkansas’s intention to convert its Medicaid dollars into a block grant is another risky experiment that fails to protect the needs of Arkansas residents. Despite what some state officials might […]

Implementing Work Requirements Caused Health Premiums to Increase for Arkansans

Arkansas’s Medicaid work reporting requirements not only kicked 18,000 Arkansans off their health insurance, it also raised premiums on some Arkansans who purchased their insurance through the state’s marketplace. Arkansas […]

Open Enrollment Nov.1-Dec. 15; Qualifying Arkansans Can Save $ on Health Insurance

Open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces begins November 1. This is a great time for consumers to examine the deals found on the marketplace, to save money […]

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 […]

Substance Use Disorders and Medicaid Expansion: How do they Intersect?

Drug misuse is an epidemic in the United States, and Medicaid has a considerable role in the solution. We try to tell ourselves that it could never happen in our […]

Appeal of Arkansas Works Work Reporting Requirement Heard in Federal Court

October 11, 2019 has been circled on the calendar for months. This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held oral arguments for the case Charles […]

New Census Data Show Worrying Increase in Child Poverty, Uninsured Rates in Arkansas

Arkansans wages and poverty levels remained flat in 2018, despite the continued economic growth and historically low unemployment rates of recent years, according to new Census data. Conditions were even worse […]