Arkansas Lawmakers Vote to Scale Back Hybrid Medicaid Plan

The New York Times

By: The Associated Press

Arkansas decided to not go forward with the Medicaid plan that would be removing 600,000 people from healthcare coverage, and make sure that the remaining participants were working. However, Arkansas is till determined to improve the program.

“I think it’s very perilous for the state to be doing this at this moment in time,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. Alker said that, depending on what happens in Washington, Arkansas’ plan could leave thousands currently on the expansion without coverage.

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