In the whirlwind of health news in the past several months between the passage of H.R. 1 (AKA the “One Big Beautiful Bill”) and the public debate about premium tax credit enhancements and marketplace coverage, you may have heard...
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People’s health coverage is at stake, and the public has a right to know about any planned changes and when they will happen.
In Arkansas, more children are losing health insurance. A new report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families shows that from 2022 to 2024, the number of uninsured kids in our state jumped from 44,000 to 57,000....
Earlier this month, Arkansas students and teachers returned to the classroom. Lunches were packed, backpacks filled, and buses rolled out for the start of a new school year. But behind the first-day photos and hallway reunions is something often...
The impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will be enormous and wide-reaching in Arkansas. Our higher poverty rates mean cuts to health care coverage and food assistance will sharply increase hardship across the state. The legislation, which...
We need our Congressional delegation to stand up for Arkansas and reject this reckless plan that will devastate our fellow Arkansans.
AACF held town halls in each of Arkansas's four Congressional Districts.
Early on Thursday morning (May 22), the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved its sweeping tax and spending cuts bill. While details are still emerging and we await the Congressional Budget Office’s overall scoring on the bill, most experts...
Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would increase hardship and deepen the effects of poverty at a time when many Arkansas families already struggle to put food on the table and afford health insurance, child care, and housing.