Conservative Reform of the Private Option: The Impossible Dream
What is the future of the private option? How should we evaluate what it does and what it can do?
Read moreWhat is the future of the private option? How should we evaluate what it does and what it can do?
Read moreThere was a lot for conservatives to like about Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s inaugural address on Tuesday.
Read moreArkansas has a slightly below-average reliance on federal aid, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation. From the
Read moreOne of the many misleading talking points promoted by pro-”private option” advocates is that the program isn’t an entitlement — and that it only benefits “working” Arkansans.
Read moreIn a classic Christmas film, a wise man once said that enrollment in the jelly of the month club was
Read moreThe Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families road-show to save the “private option” (Medicaid expansion) got off to a less-than-stellar start yesterday
Read moreOne of the many dubious claims about the “private option” Medicaid expansion was that it would be a “job creator” for the health-care industry in Arkansas.
Read more“Private Option” Medicaid expansion architects have been busy obfuscating news that broke last week about Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber. Gruber was caught telling the truth about various matters in a politically harmful way (also known as a Kinsley Gaffe) — for instance, he famously explained that it was “mathematically impossible” for the “private option” to be budget-neutral.
Read moreAfter a midterm election that brought a tidal wave of conservative Republicans into the Capitol, the conversation about Arkansas’s private option has shifted in a much more conservative direction. The conversation used to be about whether there would be changes to Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion; now it’s about what changes will be made.
Read moreAccording to Roby Brock at Talk Business, another outgoing pro-”private option” legislator has lined up a “policy consulting” gig in
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