top of page
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.
Pharmacy Benefits and the Free Market
Who’s interested in the issues surrounding pharmacy reimbursements? I’m sure few of you raised your hands. You may not imagine it, but...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 19, 20152 min read
0
0
A Magic Obamacare Waiver?
What would you think about a federal waiver that would get rid of many Obamacare state mandates in return for giving that state the...
Marc Kilmer
Mar 16, 20153 min read
0
0
Will Legislators Repeal the State Obamacare Exchange?
Legislators will have a chance at partial Obamacare abolition at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, when...
Caleb Taylor
Mar 3, 20152 min read
0
0
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...
Daniel Greenberg
Feb 3, 20153 min read
0
0
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...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 30, 20152 min read
0
0
Truth in Obamacare Advertising?
Five years after enactment, the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) is still a controversial law. Under attack in Congress,...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 29, 20152 min read
0
0
Can Jim Hendren Dismantle the Private Option?
Earlier today, state Sen. Jim Hendren passed a bill out of the state Senate’s Public Health Committee that attempts to enact Governor Asa...
Daniel Greenberg
Jan 28, 20153 min read
0
0
Asa’s PO Speech: Our New Task Force Will Fix It!
Scanning some of the reactions from Republicans after Gov. Hutchinson’s UAMS address today, I’m worried I might need to get my hearing...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 22, 20153 min read
0
0
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? These are key questions facing...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 15, 20153 min read
0
0
The ObamaCare Mess Will Be Hard to Fix
The 114th Congress was just sworn in, and already the members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation are dealing with the messy...
Marc Kilmer
Jan 9, 20152 min read
0
0
Over 80,000 on “Private Option” Don’t Work
One of the many misleading talking points promoted by pro-”private option” advocates is that the program isn’t an entitlement — and that...
Caleb Taylor
Jan 6, 20152 min read
0
0
Should Patients Have a Right to Try to Save Their Own Lives?
Should terminally ill patients have the right to try any type of medicine that may be able to prolong their lives? That’s the question...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 18, 20143 min read
0
0
The Grinch Who Stole Free Medical Care
It almost sounds like a Christmas miracle: doctors, dentists, and other medical workers volunteering their time to give free dental...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 17, 20142 min read
0
0
If the Feds Like Their Exchange, They Can Keep It
In a classic Christmas film, a wise man once said that enrollment in the jelly of the month club was “ the gift that keeps on giving the...
Marc Kilmer
Dec 12, 20143 min read
0
0
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...
Caleb Taylor
Dec 1, 20142 min read
0
0
The ‘Credibility Issues’ Of Jonathan Gruber and David Sanders
“Private Option” Medicaid expansion architects have been busy obfuscating news that broke last week about Obamacare architect Jonathan...
Caleb Taylor
Nov 26, 20144 min read
0
0
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...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 23, 20143 min read
0
0
GAO’s “Cost Concerns” on PO, Part II
We wrote last month about a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report: it raised some red flags about the costs to taxpayers...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 13, 20142 min read
0
0
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...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 9, 20142 min read
1
0
Poll: Low Support for O’Care in Arkansas
A new poll out today from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) shows that despite some campaigns’ and officials’ ideas to...
Caleb Taylor
Oct 8, 20142 min read
2
0
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...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 27, 20143 min read
0
0
Another Round of Obamacare Rate Hikes Coming
It’s almost time for another round of Obamacare health insurance rate hikes in Arkansas. From the Washington Examiner: In Arkansas,...
Caleb Taylor
Aug 22, 20142 min read
0
0
The Latest “Private Option” Broken Promise: Counterfeit Medical Savings Accounts
Less than a week after Nic Horton left the Arkansas Project, he’s back on our site! Well, sort of. Horton is now affiliated with...
Daniel Greenberg
Aug 13, 20141 min read
0
0
Signing Off
I can’t tell you the number of times that, over the last two and a half years, I’ve told someone, “I have the best job in the world.” And...
Nic Horton
Aug 8, 20143 min read
2
0
bottom of page