Report shows huge losses in children’s healthcare coverage: urgent action needed
Arkansas, once a leader among states for lowering the uninsurance rate for kids, now finds itself ranked among the bottom 10 states for children's insurance coverage.
Let’s put everything on the table for maternal and infant health
We are pleased to see so much focus and attention in Arkansas on reducing our state’s maternal mortality rate. It’s important that, as this discussion continues, we do not lose sight of the importance of critical public policy changes to...
Federal Government Calls on Arkansas to do Better by Kids
Arkansas should protect children’s health as much as possible No child should lose health coverage because of red tape or unnecessary bureaucratic requirements. But more Arkansas children lost health coverage – both by number and percentage – than almost...
More than One-Third of Arkansas Medicaid Recipients Removed from Program Since April
Since April 1, more than 420,000 Arkansans enrolled in Medicaid were removed from the program, losing their coverage for the first time since early 2020.