Statement from Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families on recent threats to the Arkansas Medicaid program: Medicaid is a critical program that helps Arkansans provide affordable health coverage for their families. Recent steps taken...
This week, Gallup released survey findings that show Arkansas continues to lead the nation in reducing the number of adults without health insurance. Since 2013, rates in Arkansas have sharply dropped from 22.5 percent to just 9.1 percent. This...
Statement from Rich Huddleston on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold health reform credits: The Supreme Court made the right decision. Tax credits for health coverage benefit millions of people in the U.S., including about 50,000 Arkansans. The Supreme...
Statement from Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, on the passage of the Private Option: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) would like to applaud the legislature for backing Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families would like to applaud Gov. Hutchinson for laying out a pragmatic way forward on the Private Option, guaranteeing Arkansans affordable coverage, giving hospitals and health care providers more certainty, and protecting the state...
The Private Option has been a huge success, providing Arkansans with affordable health coverage. The 2015 Legislative session starts next week, and lawmakers will decide whether or not to continue a program that has helped so many Arkansans get...
In 2013, one out of four Arkansans did not have health insurance. Thousands of low-income Arkansans made too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to receive financial help in the health insurance Marketplace (through tax subsidies). Arkansas faced...
Last year, more than 700 assisters were trained and licensed to help consumers enroll in coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace and Arkansas’s Private Option. The experience of enrollment assisters provides an important perspective for...
The Private Option has helped over 211,000 adults gain access to affordable coverage. This bi-partisan measure to extend health care insurance to thousands of Arkansas allows eligible adults (19-64 years) to purchase private plans with Medicaid funds. The success...
The Private Option has increased payments to Arkansas Hospitals and reduced the number of uninsured patients treated. Last week, the Arkansas Hospital Association and Arkansas Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association released a study that took a look...