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Protesters march from Woodlane Street to the Arkansas Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, to deliver a letter to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office detailing the difficulties they have had with the state's Medicaid program. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)

Despite federal warnings, red and blue states aggressively cull Medicaid rolls

BY: - August 28, 2023

Despite federal warnings to slow down, both red and blue states have cut off Medicaid coverage for nearly 4 million people because they lack the proper paperwork. In at least four states, half of all the people who have lost coverage for any reason are children. During the pandemic, the federal government directed states not […]

Valencia White, right, talks about her concerns about Medicaid during an event Friday in Little Rock.

More than 31K Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons in July

BY: - August 8, 2023

More than 31,000 Arkansans who had their Medicaid coverage extended due to the pandemic were dropped from the program in July because they did not provide required eligibility information, the Arkansas Department of Human Services reported Tuesday. DHS has now disenrolled more than 144,000 Arkansans four months into a six-month project to redetermine the eligibility […]

More than 37K Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage in June due to incomplete paperwork

BY: - July 10, 2023

More than 37,000 Arkansans were removed from the state’s Medicaid program in June because they did not provide required information to determine their eligibility, the state Department of Human Services announced Monday. DHS has now disenrolled more than 112,000 Arkansans in three months whose continued Medicaid eligibility was left unknown after they had their coverage […]

Mary Franklin, director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services' Division of County Operations, speaks during media briefing on Medicaid eligibility Friday at DHS's headquarters in downtown Little Rock. (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate/11/04/2022)

40K Arkansans lose Medicaid coverage after their eligibility is left unknown

BY: - May 8, 2023

More than 40,000 Arkansans were removed from the state’s Medicaid program at the end of April because they did not provide required information to determine their eligibility, the state Department of Human Services announced Monday. The department has been reviewing the eligibility of about 420,000 Medicaid enrollees who had their coverage extended over the last […]

President Joe Biden speaks about his fiscal 2024 budget proposal at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Screen shot from White House feed)

Biden budget asks for 25% tax on billionaires, boosts in domestic and defense spending

BY: - March 9, 2023

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year asks Congress to boost funding for defense and domestic programs and levy a 25% minimum tax on billionaires, setting up a significant contrast with House Republicans, who hope to cut spending to last year’s levels and overwhelmingly oppose tax increases.  The president’s budget […]