Open enrollment begins today It’s October. This month brings the promise of changing leaves, pumpkins, and cooler weather. For half a million uninsured Arkansans, October 1 also means it’s just one year until they can begin signing up for...
AACF Applauds Gov. Beebe, other organizations, for support of Medicaid extension Yesterday, Governor Beebe publicly announced his support for extending Medicaid to those who would qualify under the Affordable Care Act. The list of supporters is growing. We are...
SISTERS UNITED working to reduce infant mortality As part of its efforts to ensure that children grow up healthy, AACF has been part of efforts to reduce infant deaths in Arkansas. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas continues...
Top 10 reasons to extend Medicaid to those who qualify AACF Executive Director Rich Huddleston gives you the top ten reasons Arkansas should extend Medicaid services to those who now qualify under the new health care law. PDF here.
Arkansas Medicaid Expansion: It Makes Cents It’s been three weeks since the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, and it seems at least one new question has popped up each of these 21 days. The biggest...
What Would You Ask the Candidates? We’ve seen a lot of fireworks lately from our fellow Americans in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Those fireworks started two years ago and built to...
Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage Supreme Court upholds health reform; more Americans will now have coverage This morning’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the Affordable Care...
Making Sure the Health Insurance Exchange Works For Arkansas Families The Arkansas Insurance Department is quickly moving forward with its efforts to build a health insurance Exchange by January 2014. Though Arkansas will have a federally-facilitated Exchange, stakeholders are...
Don’t Cut the Kids Governor Mike Huckabee and the state General Assembly established the ARKids First program in 1997 (with the help of then-Senator Mike Beebe who was the lead sponsor of the legislation). Since then, ARKids First has...
Health Care Advocacy Having a Positive Impact on Kids According to a new report from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Mathematica Policy Research, advocacy organizations in twelve states have reduced the number of uninsured children over the past...