Arkansas Medicaid Story Collection Project
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) is conducting a Story Collection Project on the Arkansas Medicaid program. We want to highlight what is working and what needs to be […]
COVID-19 And Policy Update, Vol. 23
December 11, 2020 This is our last policy update of the year. Next year, we’ll start our weekly legislative updates during the Arkansas General Assembly’s legislative session. This year is […]
ACA repeal lawsuit would end health coverage for 230,000 Arkansans, new data show
Lawsuit more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis If a lawsuit before the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeds, 230,000 Arkansans would […]
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 […]
ACA repeal more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis
Trump Administration lawsuit would end health coverage for more than 299,000 Arkansans UPDATE: The Trump Administration filed its lawsuit late on Thursday, June 26, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
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 […]
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 […]