Lawsuit more dangerous than ever for Arkansans during pandemic and economic crisis If a lawsuit before the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeds, 230,000 Arkansans would lose health coverage, increasing by 152 percent the number...
Children in Arkansas are losing health insurance coverage at a staggering rate. In September, the United States Census Bureau published yearly data from its American Community Survey, as it has each year since 2008. This year’s data is a...
Trump Administration lawsuit would end health coverage for more than 299,000 Arkansans UPDATE: The Trump Administration filed its lawsuit late on Thursday, June 26, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting major recession, the Trump Administration and 18 state...
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.
In June 2018, Arkansas became the first state to officially implement a requirement to work in a Medicaid expansion program – known here in Arkansas as Arkansas Works. Some Arkansas Works enrollees began reporting work activities or exemptions in June....
Note: This blog is fourth in a series of posts covering the findings in the 2018 Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. To read the introductory blog post, click here; the second, on economic security, here; and the third, on education, here. ...
Today, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released two important reports about the Medicaid program. One report highlights how the Affordable Care Act helped to reduce uncompensated care (services provided that are not paid by an insurer or...
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Representatives French Hill, Rick Crawford, Bruce Westerman, and Steve Womack all voted for the bill. The AHCA...
In our latest brief, health care policy fellow Bruno Showers analyzes proposed changes to Arkansas Works and the troublesome impact they will have on Arkansans, our state budget, and our health care system. Plus, we offer some suggestions to...
Following Senate passage of the Republican tax bill, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, released the following statement: Both the Senate and House tax bills are costly new giveaways to the very wealthy and...
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