The number of uninsured children increased nationally by more than 400,000 between 2016 and 2018, reversing a long-standing positive trend according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. Nationwide, more than 4 million children...
Today the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual release of national-level statistics on income, poverty and health insurance coverage. As we wrote in our previous blog post, these statistics are based on the Current Population Survey, which is useful...
Today, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ruled that Arkansas’s work reporting requirement cannot continue because it violates the purpose of the Arkansas Works program. The decision puts a stop to a deeply flawed, misguided policy. For now, Arkansans...
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.
The state’s Medicaid work reporting requirement has created unnecessary red tape that caused thousands of Arkansans to lose their health insurance this month. They won’t be able to reapply until next year. Governor Asa Hutchinson hosted a press conference yesterday...
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 2017, Congress tried and failed more than once to repeal the Affordable Care Act and slash Medicaid. It failed every time because families across the nation rejected taking health care away from millions of Americans. But the president’s...