Postpartum Care in Arkansas: A Crisis of Coverage
Babies need their mothers; children need their parents. Everyone should have the opportunity to raise their children and live out their full life expectancy. However, this opportunity is denied many […]
Report: The Critical State of Black Women’s Health
The state of Black women’s health is in critical condition, due to the systemic racism, discrimination, and implicit bias that Black women face within the health care system. To combat […]
The Critical State of Black Women’s Health
The state of Black women’s health is in critical condition, due to the systemic racism, discrimination, and implicit bias that Black women face within the health care system. To combat […]
The Race to the Finish Line: Getting to 100% Health Insurance Coverage for Arkansas’s Kids
Arkansans want what’s best for our children. We all want kids to have happy, healthy lives. Access to affordable medical care is an important part of overall health, and each […]
The Affordable Care Act Turns 10: How the ACA has worked for Arkansas
From shoring up rural hospitals to providing health insurance to unemployed Arkansans during a pandemic, the first decade of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has changed our state’s health care […]
Dismantling the barriers to the Finish Line: Every child in Arkansas needs health coverage
In our annual Finish Line report, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families looks at the status of health care coverage for Arkansas’s children and families. The report examines changes over the […]
Final Verdict: Adding Work Requirements to Medicaid Expansion was a Failed Experiment for the State of Arkansas
Arkansans kicked off Arkansas Works health insurance should reapply for coverage. In our third and final brief examining the work reporting requirements placed on Arkansas Works Medicaid enrollees, we find confusion, complications and […]
An Arkansas EITC Would Lead to Healthier Arkansans
by John Cook, Ph.D., M.A.Ed., Research Scientist and Principal Investigator, Children’s HealthWatch; Richard Sheward, MPP, Deputy Director of Innovative Partnerships, Children’s HealthWatch; Bruno Showers, Senior Policy Analyst, Arkansas Advocates for Children […]
Removing the Hurdles to the Finish Line: Reaching 100 Percent of Health Insurance Coverage for Children in Arkansas
Our annual Finish Line report looks at the status of health care coverage for Arkansas’s children and families. The report examines changes over the years and recommends actions to get […]
Losing Coverage: State Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Stripped 18,000 Arkansans of Health Insurance in 2018
Thousands of Arkansans who aren’t required to work to be eligible for Medicaid are losing their coverage because they failed to report or report adequately their exemption.