medicaid

Arkansas Politics 

Praise for Food Stamp Work Requirement

January 30, 2019January 29, 2019 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments FGA, food stamps, Foundation for Government Accountability, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, medicaid, snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Work Requirement

Arkansas is a national leader when it comes to work requirements for its public assistance programs. The main focus is

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Medicaid 

Big Benefits from Moving Medicaid Recipients to Work

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Doug Badger, medicaid, work requirements

Arkansas is a pioneer when it comes to Medicaid work requirements. As with anyone who is among the first to

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Taxes 

John Brummett Doesn’t Understand Taxes

January 16, 2019January 17, 2019 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Bryan Caplan, Income Tax, John Brummett, medicaid, taxes

Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist John Brummett really misunderstands taxes – or at least he misunderstand conservative beliefs regarding taxes. In

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Health Care Uncategorized 

More Evidence for Medicaid Work Requirements

December 20, 2018December 19, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments medicaid, work requirements

After years of disagreement, and a change of direction at the federal level, Arkansas finally has a work requirement for

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Health Care 

Obamacare is Failing

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Affordable Care Act, Bob Laszewski, health care, Heritage Foundation, medicaid, medicare, obamacare

Why do people say that Obamacare won on Election Day? One reason is that three conservative states expanded Medicaid to

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Health Care 

A Plan to Improve Health Care?

November 14, 2018November 16, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Heritage Foundation, medicaid, medicare, obamacare, The Health Care Choices Proposal

I think most people would agree that, regardless of where you stand on the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), the U.S.

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Health Care Medicaid 

Work Requirement is Working

October 5, 2018October 16, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Foundation for Government Accountability, medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Sam Adolphsen, work requirements

If you are an able-bodied Arkansan on Medicaid, should you work or be looking for work? In Arkansas, the answer

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Health Care Medicaid 

The Case for Work Requirements

September 12, 2018October 16, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments arkansas medicaid, medicaid, Robert Doar, Work Requirement

The work requirement for some Arkansas Medicaid recipients is in the news. Not surprisingly, there is still controversy about it.

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Health Care Medicaid Private Option 

Learning from Arizona’s Medicaid Expansion

August 21, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Angela C. Erickson, Arizona, arkansas works, Christina Sandefur, medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Naomi Lopez Bauman, private option

Whether it was called the “Private Option” or “Arkansas Works,” TAP has always pointed out the problems that would come

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Health Care Medicaid 

Medicaid Work Requirement Likely Coming to Arkansas

January 18, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments arkansas works, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Healthcare, medicaid, Trump Administration, Work Requirement

Governor Hutchinson has made it clear that he wants a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. It appears that President

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