Many critical programs that Arkansans rely on are under threat. In 2013, Arkansas passed an expanded Medicaid program that helped the state’s uninsured rate drop from 23% to just 11% by 2016. This expanded Medicaid program provided more Arkansans...
Governor Hutchinson’s new budget proposal raises a number of serious concerns about whether it would actually meet our state’s future – or even current – needs. His tight budget request should, at the very least, be a clear sign...
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 health centers and several other provisions that will improve...
After the House and Senate voted last night to pass the GOP tax bill, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, released the following statement: The GOP tax plan passed last night by Congress is nothing more than...
Health coverage is one of the most important resources that children need to thrive and grow into healthy adults. Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ensure that nearly half of Arkansas children — over 400,000 — have...
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 rules announced today by the White House would allow...
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 worthy of celebration. And certainly, we applaud this move...
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 a small group of Republican governors who gave input...
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 law expanded Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of...
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 the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, of uninsured...