Medicaid Monday: What’s in it for kids? If you’re reading or watching the news lately, I’m sure you see daily news stories and discussions about Medicaid -both the Medicaid that serves low-income children, those with disabilities, and the elderly...
Medicaid recap Since it’s February – the month of love – we felt it was a good time to (re)proclaim our love for Medicaid. For more than 15 years, we have been sharing how Medicaid and ARKids First have...
Drug Testing for Unemployment Insurance: Unnecessary, Not Helpful, and Possibly Unconstitutional Senator Jeremy Hutchinson has filed SB38, which proposes drug-testing individuals who are unemployed as a condition of receiving benefits. This bill requires workers who have already been through...
Copays affect Medicaid recipients, providers Cost-sharing and copayments reduce access to health care for low-income families who already struggle to make ends meet. In the debate to extend Medicaid to 250,000 adults, the idea of using some form of...
Industries, low-income Arkansas workers to benefit from Medicaid expansion More than 150,000 Arkansans work every day, earn less than $32,000 per year, and do not have health insurance. These workers qualify for Medicaid under new federal guidelines set to...
Spending Caps Mean Bad News of Kids and Families Spending caps are budget gimmicks that cause more problems than they solve. They have failed to work in the past, and there is no reason to believe they will work...
Black students more likely to be punished in Arkansas schools Black students in Arkansas schools are more likely to be suspended and receive corporal punishment than their white counterparts, according to a new report from Arkansas Advocates for Children...
Locking up non-violent youthful offenders does not pay Locking up non-violent youthful offenders is costly and ineffective. Using community-based alternatives to incarceration – like education, job training, drug treatment, and rehabilitation programs – saves the state $41,786 per youth...
State education leaders tout real education reform agenda A diverse group of parents, teachers, education leaders, business owners, civil rights leaders and child advocates touted an education reform agenda Wednesday that is backed by decades of research and based...
Huddleston: Gov Beebe on Right Track Governor Mike Beebe addressed the state legislature Tuesday outlining a path for lawmakers to follow that would make sure Arkansans continue to receive vital services, the state continues to invest in its future,...