WABE1h
As states mull Medicaid work requirements, Georgia and Arkansas scale theirs back
Proposals to scale back Medicaid work requirements in Georgia and Arkansas — the only two states to have implemented such ...
State House, Senate pass identical bills on Medicaid coverage of prenatal, postnatal care
The Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved identical bills that would overhaul coverage ...
Alabama House expedites Medicaid for pregnant women, joining other states with high mortality rates
A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced ...
Wisconsin Examiner3h
Reducing federal dollars for Medicaid expansion could cut millions from the rolls
Federal Medicaid cuts could leave millions of people without health care coverage or cost states billions of dollars ...
Insurancenewsnet.com7h
Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block
Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's return to the White House and a GOP- controlled Congress set on reducing ...
Arkansas Times1d
A watershed moment for Arkansas moms and babies
"The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act" is not perfect, but make no mistake: better is better. And in this case, better will ...
Arkansas Times7d
Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Thursday announced legislation aimed at improving Arkansas’s worst-in-the-nation maternal health statistics by easing the Medicaid enrollment process for pregnant women ...
Medicaid’s Surprising Superpower: It’s Popular
Perhaps the most important shift for Medicaid — and the source of its growing popularity — is that the program isn’t really seen as a handout anymore. A large majority of Americans, including 45 ...
Wisconsin Examiner1d
Overwhelming support for Medicaid postpartum expansion in Senate Health Committee
SB 23 — seeks to extend Medicaid coverage for postpartum mothers from 60 days to a full year after childbirth.
KTHV9d
UAMS study reveals mothers covered by Medicaid or living in rural areas are less likely to receive prenatal care
revealed that mothers in Arkansas who live in rural areas and/or have Medicaid-covered births are less likely to receive early prenatal care. The study, titled “Disparities in prenatal care ...
KASU1h
Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker dies at 81
Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker died in Little Rock on Thursday (Feb. 13) at the age of 81 after battling an illness.