The Newest Private-Option Strategy: Let’s Start A Lawsuit Panic!

Dan Greenberg February 3, 2015 3 Comments Conduit For Action, David Ferguson, Donnie Copeland, Linda Collins Smith, Medicaid expansion

The Newest Private-Option Strategy: Let’s Start A Lawsuit Panic!

Apparently, private-option sympathizers are now arguing that ending the private option could leave the state vulnerable to a court judgment.

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Caleb Taylor January 30, 2015 0 Comments Medicaid expansion, mike pence, obamacare

Pence’s Plan: Déjà Vu For Arkansas Conservatives

It seems like it was just yesterday that “private option” advocates were calling the program a “model” for reform, and that other states would soon emulate our “flexible-conservative-innovative” plan. (I apologize if I left out any cliches.)

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Caleb Taylor December 1, 2014 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option

Another PO Broken Promise: Medicaid Expansion Not A Job Creator

One 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.

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Caleb Taylor October 23, 2014 2 Comments Affordable Care Act, James McLean, Linda Collins Smith, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option, white river medical center

McLean Desperately Attempting To Save O’Care In AR

As loyal readers of this humble blog know, state Rep. James McLean, inaugural member of the Davy Carter wing of the Democratic Party, has been having more attendance troubles at the legislature in 2014 than I had with my 8 a.m. Women’s History class my senior year of college.

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Caleb Taylor October 9, 2014 2 Comments Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option, thinkprogress, Wal-Mart

No Sympathy For Wal-Mart’s Health Insurance Troubles

You may have heard the news earlier this week: Wal-Mart announced that it will soon do away with health insurance for approximately 30,000 of its part-time workers.

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Caleb Taylor August 27, 2014 1 Comment Affordable Care Act, Arkansas Hospital Association, crittenden regional hospital, Medicaid expansion, obamacare, private option

Crittenden Regional Hospital Not “Saved” by the Private Option

Remember how the private option was going to save rural hospitals? Remember how hospital lobbyist Bo Ryall explained to the state legislature that the private option was crucial if we want “rural hospitals to survive?” As one argument after another for the private option failed, its advocates regularly retreated to their final defense: at least the private option would keep the doors of rural hospitals open.