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Tag Archives: rural Arkansas

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Arkansas has nation’s highest rate of rural Medicaid coverage for kids

August 18, 2023

65% of Arkansas's rural kids have health insurance through Medicaid and ARKids First.

Medicaid is Lifeline to Health Coverage for Families in Rural Arkansas

June 7, 2017

A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina Rural Health Research Program shows children and adults in small towns and rural areas in Arkansas rely on Medicaid and ARKids...

Federal Health Care Bill Would Hit Rural Arkansas Hard

May 16, 2017

The federal health bill that the House recently passed, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would be particularly harmful to Arkansas’s rural communities, according to a new report released today by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy...

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