Arkansas has nation’s highest rate of rural Medicaid coverage for kids
65% of Arkansas’s rural kids have health insurance through Medicaid and ARKids First.
Arkansas’s Latino Children Nearly Four Times More Likely to be Uninsured
Latino children in Arkansas are almost four times more likely to be uninsured than non-Latino children, according to new report released today. That disparity is one of the nation’s largest. […]
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 […]
Children’s Health in Arkansas: Losing Ground on Key Measures
Note: This blog is the third in a series of posts covering the findings in the Annie E. Casey Foundation 2019 KIDS COUNT® Data Book. To read the first blog post on […]
We Must Count All Children
Today, April 1, marks one year until the U.S. Census starts. At Arkansas Advocates, we’re already working to ensure we have an accurate count of all people in our state, […]
Ninety-Six Percent of Arkansas Kids Now Have Health Insurance, But Other Areas Need Improvement
Note: This blog is fourth in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the introductory blog post, click […]
AR Poverty Rate Improving, According to Latest National Rankings
The number of Arkansas children in poverty has decreased by 28,000 since 2010, according to data in the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book released today by the Annie E. Casey […]
Long Overdue: CHIP Agreement Reached
Update: Good news alert! The budget deal approved early this morning (Feb. 9th) extends Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for 10 years, along with funding for two years for community […]
Children’s Health Coverage Shouldn’t Be Partisan
Things aren’t always as simple – or as good — as they seem. Today’s headline, that the U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, seems […]
Celebrating Medicaid’s 52nd Birthday
Last week, the Senate did the right thing by voting down the “skinny bill” that would have kicked millions off their health coverage and significantly raised health insurance premiums. This […]