Judge: No Need For Restart Of O’Care Cost-Sharing Payments
The Trump administration doesn’t have to restart subsidies for insurance companies created during the Obama administration, according to...
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The Arkansas Project was launched in 2008 as a source for incisive commentary and reporting on Arkansas government, politics, media and more. In 2011, The Arkansas Project became an affiliate of the Advance Arkansas Institute. The Arkansas Project supplied daily commentary until 2019, but is now largely inactive.
David Kinkade was the chief writer and the editor of The Arkansas Project until 2011. After the site became affiliated with the Advance Arkansas Institute, Dan Greenberg was editor of The Arkansas Project until it became inactive in 2019. During that eight-year period, the writers for the site included Nic Horton, Marc Kilmer, and Caleb Taylor.
Caleb Taylor
Oct 19, 20171 min read
Sen. Cotton Introduces Individual Mandate Fix
Sen. Tom Cotton earlier this week introduced legislation that would repeal the individual mandate under Obamacare for many Americans....
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 16, 20173 min read
Trump Deals Another Blow To O’Care
President Donald Trump dealt another blow to Obamacare last week by discontinuing cost-sharing subsidies to insurance companies. These...
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 13, 20172 min read
Poor and Middle-Income Arkansans Pay Most For O’Care Penalty
Most Arkansas households paying the Obamacare penalty earn less than $50,000 annually, according to new Internal Revenue Service data....
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Caleb Taylor
Oct 12, 20172 min read
Trump Improves Healthcare Choice Through EO
Despite past failures on Obamacare reform in Congress, President Donald Trump today outlined several ways he’d be easing the law’s...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Study: O’Care Coverage For LR Residents “Unaffordable” in ‘18
Obamacare coverage will likely be unaffordable — by the law’s own definition — for many middle income families in Little Rock in 2018....
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Former Gov. Beebe Reappears To Save O’Care
Former Gov. Mike Beebe reappeared earlier this week in an attempt to save Medicaid expansion in Arkansas — which was implemented through...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 22, 20172 min read
O’Care Repeal McCain’t Happening
Earlier this week, we wrote about the newest version of Obamacare reform — the Graham-Cassidy legislation that is likely to come before...
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Caleb Taylor
Sep 20, 20172 min read
Ark. Governor, Senators Finally Agree On O’Care ‘Repeal’
It’s taken approximately half a year of trying, but has the Senate finally found an Obamacare repeal and replace bill they can pass? The...
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Caleb Taylor
Aug 14, 20173 min read
Retroactive Coverage Change Would Save Taxpayers Millions
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is planning on implementing a new change to Arkansas Works next month that would save...
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Marc Kilmer
Aug 1, 20174 min read
No, Arkansas Isn’t “The Model” For America On Healthcare
Should America emulate Arkansas’s expansion of Medicaid through Obamacare? That’s what State Rep. Michael John Gray, the chairman of the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 26, 20172 min read
Arkansas Health Insurers Ask State For Another Round Of Rate Hikes
Arkansas health insurance companies selling Obamacare plans are asking for rate increases as high as 22 percent in 2018. According to the...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 25, 20172 min read
Boozman, Cotton Vote To Begin Debate On Reforming Health Care
The U.S. Senate narrowly voted this afternoon to proceed on reforming America’s health care system. Senators voted 50-50 on a procedural...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 24, 20172 min read
No, Arkansans Don’t Suddenly Love Obamacare
Does Arkansas suddenly love Obamacare? If you believe a Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College poll released yesterday, Arkansans don’t...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 18, 20172 min read
Cotton, Boozman Support Another Try At Obamacare Repeal
A scheduled vote to partially repeal and replace Obamacare was cancelled this week due to a lack of support in the U.S. Senate....
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 14, 20171 min read
Senate Healthcare Bill Would Cut Taxes For 190,000 Arkansans
Legislation replacing Obamacare in the U.S. Senate would cut taxes for nearly 200,000 Arkansans, according to an analysis done by...
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Marc Kilmer
Jul 10, 20172 min read
Uninsured Rate Rising, Insurers Declining As O’Care Continues Imploding
The uninsured rate in America went up in 2017 — and the number of insurers participating in Obamacare is going to go down in 2018....
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Marc Kilmer
Jun 5, 20173 min read
Senate Obamacare Repeal-And-Replace Bill Coming This Summer?
Legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare could pass the Senate by the end of summer, according to Sen. John Cornyn. A spokesman for...
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Marc Kilmer
May 26, 20171 min read
Report: Premiums Up 128 Percent Since ‘13
Health insurance premiums in Arkansas have increased by 128 percent since 2013, according to a report released this week by the...
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Marc Kilmer
May 24, 20172 min read
DHS: Few Enrollees Working After Work Referral
A small number of enrollees in the Arkansas Works / Medicaid expansion program attempted to find employment after receiving a work...
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Marc Kilmer
May 19, 20173 min read
Westerman: Health Care Loss Estimates From O’Care Repeal ‘Overinflated’
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its current form is headed for insolvency — and the estimate of 24 million Americans losing their health...
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Marc Kilmer
May 3, 20173 min read
More On Recent Medicaid Expansion Reforms
Is it cruel to ask Medicaid expansion enrollees to pay monthly premiums in exchange for taxpayer-subsidized health insurance? Opponents...
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Marc Kilmer
May 2, 20172 min read
House and Senate Approve Medicaid Expansion Changes
Both the House and Senate approved changes to Gov. Hutchinson’s “Arkansas Works” Medicaid expansion on Tuesday. Those changes included in...
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Marc Kilmer
May 1, 20172 min read
Medicaid Expansion Changes Pass House Committee
Members of the House Public Health, Welfare and Safety committee passed changes to Gov. Hutchinson’s “Arkansas Works” Medicaid expansion...
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