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The Greatest Untold Story of the 89th General Assembly

You haven’t read about this story in the mainstream media. It wasn’t reported during the legislative session, and perhaps it

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The Legislature’s Plan to Lock Arkansans Into Poverty

The thinkers at Advance Arkansas Institute have released a new paper entitled, “How Medicaid Expansion (and the “Private Option”) Will

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Wow, Senator Rapert, That Was A Quick Three Weeks!

Less than a week ago, Senator Jason Rapert announced at AAI’s Conway town hall that he wanted the legislature to

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How AAI’s Town Halls Have Changed the Medicaid Debate

This week, while legislators were at the Capitol talking to each other, the Advance Arkansas Institute traveled around the state

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Speaker Carter: ‘We Have Always Been at War with Eastasia’

Yesterday afternoon, in an act of courage, Congressman Rick Crawford released a stellar press release condemning the “private option” or

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AAI Announces Medicaid Town Halls

If you’re like me, you’ve been startled to see allegedly conservative lawmakers heralding the wonders of expanding government in Arkansas

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The Private Medicaid Option: From the Sphinx’s Mouth

Yesterday, I attended a meeting of conservative activists and legislators at the Capitol. Senator David Sanders and Representative Randy Alexander

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Medicaid: Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace

I’ve received some off-the-record criticism just for recounting Michael Cannon’s opinions on health care reform the other day (boy, wait

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