Thousands of Arkansans Dropped from Coverage: Latest Report on the Impact of the Work Reporting Requirement
The state’s Medicaid work reporting requirement has created unnecessary red tape that caused thousands of Arkansans to lose their health insurance this month. They won’t be able to reapply until […]
AACF Statement on Medicaid Lawsuit
Following the filing of a federal lawsuit concerning the state’s new Medicaid work-reporting policy in Arkansas, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, issued the following […]
Arkansas’s Medicaid Expansion Saves Lives
Attacks on our state’s highly successful Medicaid program are coming from many directions. After several unsuccessful attempts to dismantle the health care system by repealing the Affordable Care Act, new […]
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 […]
Arkansas To Lose Billions with Latest Health Reform Plan
Recently, we shared our analysis of the latest ditch effort by some members of Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This week, Governor Hutchinson publicly shared that he joined […]
10 Reasons the Senate Health Reform Bill is Dangerous for Arkansas
The bill leaves millions without health coverage. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the Senate bill shows that 22 million more people would lose coverage over the next […]
New Congressional Budget Office Report Shows Federal Health Care Bill Still Harmful for Kids and Families
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released an updated analysis of the version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) that the U.S. House recently passed to repeal the […]
ACA Repeal Would Undermine Arkansas Education Goals
Last month, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vowed to make third-grade reading a top priority, building on the impressive work the state has already done to bring more children into early […]
Uninsured rate for Hispanic children twice that of state average
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 […]
Managed care in Arkansas: access, costs, and quality matter
Lawmakers will soon make recommendations to the Governor about how we transform the health care system in Arkansas, and one of the big decisions is about the role of managed […]