December 21, 2014
Arkansas became the first Southern state to expand its Medicaid program in a way that many Republicans found acceptable. The state bought private insurance for low-income people instead of adding them to the rolls of the Medicaid system, which GOP lawmakers considered bloated and inefficient.
Now Arkansas could be on the brink of another distinction: becoming the first to abandon its Medicaid expansion after giving coverage to thousands of people.
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“Arkansas is going to be ground zero for which side of the argument wins,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
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