Analysis: Uncertainty Helps Arkansas Medicaid Plan Pass
“Crafted as an alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health law, the program has sharply divided Republicans as some conservatives have cast it as an embrace of the law they’ve derided as ‘Obamacare.’
The program, which uses Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income residents, has more than 300,000 participants. Arkansas expects to pay $109 million of the $1.8 billion total cost in the coming year.”