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Top Ten Principles for Health Reform in Arkansas
Act 96 of 2015 created the Health Care Reform Legislative Task Force in Arkansas. This task force will determine the future of the Private Option and the Medicaid program. The following principles should guide policymakers as they consider ways...
5 things you should know about race equity and the 2015 session
This legislative session was filled with missed opportunities. Lawmakers passed bills that weren’t good for families of color. As Arkansas becomes a more diverse state, it is important for Arkansas’s economic and social future that all people have a...
Missing the Mark: Race equity and missed opportunities in the 2015 session
While there were a few bright spots, it was a tough year for racial equity and opportunity at the legislature. Lawmakers passed policies that will limit opportunities for many Arkansas families. They also failed to pass policies that would...
Statement on Supreme Court decision
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...
Watch our latest video and tell us your #prekstories
Thanks to everyone who is speaking up for pre-K programs in Arkansas. Today we are releasing the first of a series of videos of folks sharing their thoughts on pre-K. It’s not just the providers and AACF that know...
Non-violent misdemeanor offender on the run
If you haven’t seen Chad Day’s story in this morning’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, it’s worth a look. The headline reads: “Search on at youth lockup for runaway.” A 17-year-old boy who ran away from guards at the state’s largest youth...
ARKids First still a huge success in covering kids
ARKids First has been hugely successful in providing health coverage for kids in Arkansas, despite growing child poverty rates. While the number of children living in poverty has increased to almost 30 percent since 2008, the percentage of children...
Racing Toward the Finish Line: Kids’ health coverage in 2015
ARKids First has been hugely successful in providing health coverage for kids in Arkansas, despite growing child poverty rates. While the number of children living in poverty has increased to almost 30 percent since 2008, the percentage of children...
Supreme Court ruling on health subsidies will impact thousands in Arkansas
Arkansans could lose $537 million in tax credits for health plans purchased on the insurance marketplace based on the outcome of the upcoming Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell. These tax credits lower the costs of health coverage...