Note: This blog is second in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. Arkansas has continued to make impressive gains in reducing the rate of uninsured children in...
Currently, the health care issues in the forefront are the Private Option (or newly coined Arkansas Works) program and whether we will adopt a Medicaid managed care model, which will continue to be debated by the Health Care Reform...
The uninsured rate for Hispanic children in Arkansas (11 percent) is more than double the rate of uninsurance for all children in the state (4.8 percent). A report released by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families and the...
The Affordable Care Act has helped cut the number of uninsured children in Arkansas to less than five percent, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Arkansas Advocates for Children...
The number of people with health care coverage in Arkansas increased in 2014 because of health care reform and state’s decision to strengthen Medicaid. This has allowed more Arkansans access to quality coverage who otherwise couldn’t afford health insurance....
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most effective programs our country has in place: Medicaid. Over the years, Medicaid has improved the health and saved the lives of millions of Americans. In fact, in...
Arkansas has made major gains improving children’s access to health coverage, according to the annual Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. With only six percent of children in the state uninsured, we are just below...
A new federal law provides an opportunity for Arkansas to expand children’s health coverage while spending less at the state level. We need to make sure we take advantage of this opportunity while also ensuring that any cost savings...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) would like to publicly thank the U.S. Senate for passing a bill that extends funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), better known as ARKids First here in Arkansas. Arkansas’s delegation, both...
The Private Option has been a huge success, providing Arkansans with affordable health coverage. The 2015 Legislative session starts next week, and lawmakers will decide whether or not to continue a program that has helped so many Arkansans get...
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