Arkansas house committee advances bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year
A bill to extend postpartum medicaid coverage in Arkansas from 60 days to one year has been passed out of a house ...
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Arkansas' request to add work requirement to Medicaid will be sent Monday, official says
The head of the Arkansas Department of Human Services said earlier this month that the state planned to submit its request to ...
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Arkansas Advocate: Proposed Medicaid, SNAP cuts would cost Arkansas thousands of jobs, $1B in GDP
The state’s gross domestic product would also shrink by almost $1 billion, the report from the health-care oriented foundation predicts.
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REPORT: Expanding medical residency programs could add $465M to Arkansas
A new study by Heartland Forward indicates that expanding medical residency programs in Arkansas could generate $465 million ...
After adding cost caps, House committee endorses bill aimed at easing access to specialized dental care
A bill that that would require the state Medicaid program to pay for dental care with sedation or anesthesia for adults with ...
Medicaid work rules have increased coverage loss, not employment
Work requirements have been part of the discussion as House Republicans scour for ways to pay for President Trump’s $4.5 ...
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Reporting Requirements Matter (A Lot): Evidence From Arkansas's Medicaid Work Requirements
Medicaid work-requirements policies typically group participants into three categories: individuals meeting the work requirement (typically, but not always, 80 hours per month of work or work ...
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs new law to cut Medicaid expansion. Here’s what it means
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed into law a measure to curtail the state’s spending on its Medicaid expansion ...
Senate passes Medicaid work requirements. Iowa agency says thousands could lose coverage
Senators voted Tuesday to pass a bill implementing work requirements for people enrolled in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan ...
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Bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage clears House panel
A bill aimed at extending postpartum Medicaid coverage in Arkansas from 60 days to a full year — something Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said she opposes — cleared a House panel Thursday in ...
Arkansas embraces doulas: New bill could boost maternal care access
Just a month after introducing the concept of doulas to many Arkansans, the conversation is gaining momentum with a new bill in the Senate's public health commi ...