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 […]
New Repeal Bill Still the Wrong Prescription for Arkansas
Despite public outcry and their subsequent failure to pass health care legislation, Senate Republicans still are attempting to find a way to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. The […]
New Census Data Shows the Affordable Care Act is Working for Arkansas
Arkansas’s uninsured rate for children dropped to just 4 percent in 2016, a new record and a remarkable achievement for our state. This follows a trend in recent years, since […]
Amended Health Bill Removes Key Consumer Protections, Still Guts Medicaid
The amended version of the Senate health bill, released July 13, maintains the same core features as previous versions of the legislation and would have essentially the same harmful impacts. […]
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 […]
AACF Comments on Changes to Arkansas Works Coverage Program
Following the special session on health care that happened in May, Arkansas is now preparing to make changes to Arkansas Works, the state’s Medicaid expansion or affordable coverage program for low-income […]
Child Health Data Shows Wins on Coverage, But Plenty of Room for Improvement
Note: This blog is second in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2017 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. According to the annual Kids Count […]
The American Health Care Act Would Effectively End ACA Medicaid Expansion
The American Health Care Act, the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives in May and currently under consideration by the Senate, would shift more than $350 million […]
Medicaid is Lifeline to Health Coverage for Families in Rural Arkansas
A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina Rural Health Research Program shows children and adults in small towns and […]
Federal Health Care Bill Would Hit Rural Arkansas Hard
The federal health bill that the House recently passed, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would be particularly harmful to Arkansas’s rural communities, according to a new report released today […]