Arkansas Health Hub Panel Urges Slight ‘Navigator’ Funding Rise

Arkansas Democrat

By Andy Davis

A committee of the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace recommended Wednesday that the agency slightly increase its spending on outreach workers to help people sign up for coverage.

Committee member Marquita Little, health care policy director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, said she is concerned that the state’s outreach efforts have continued to shrink since enrollment on the exchange started in 2013, but added that “we have seen good work” from Enroll the Ridge and its subcontractors.

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