Arkansas Times5d
Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Thursday announced legislation aimed at improving Arkansas’s worst-in-the-nation maternal health statistics by easing the Medicaid enrollment process for pregnant women ...
New bill in Arkansas aims to boost Medicaid support for pregnant mothers
The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act aims to strengthen maternal care in Arkansas by expanding coverage and providing access in rural areas.
Arkansas Democrats criticize governor's maternal health plan as insufficient
The Arkansas House Democrats are criticizing the newly announced "Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act” saying it does not go far ...
KNWA News6d
UAMS study finds rural, Medicaid mothers face prenatal care delays in Arkansas
shows that mothers in Arkansas who live in rural areas or have Medicaid coverage are less likely to get timely or enough prenatal care. The study, titled “Disparities in Prenatal Care ...
Proposition 2063d
Arkansas Governor applies to CMS for waiver to implement work requirements for Medicaid (2025)
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders sent a section 1115 waiver request [1] to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last Tuesday, January 28th, requesting permission to implement ...
El Dorado News-Times5d
Study finds prenatal care lagging for Arkansas women on Medicaid
The study, published online last month in the journal Preventative Medicine, looked at the Arkansas' live births from 2014-2022 and found that mothers on Medicaid had 10% fewer prenatal care ...
Camden News5d
Study finds prenatal care lagging for Arkansas women on Medicaid
Arkansas mothers who had their pregnancies covered by Medicaid were less likely than other mothers to receive the appropriate amount of prenatal care, a study by researchers at the University of ...
Magnolia Reporter4d
Arkansas Advocate: State lawmakers aim to tackle Arkansas’ maternal health crisis with new legislation
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday, February 6, 2025 announced new legislation aimed at improving maternal health for ...
Wall Street Journal4d
What You Should Do About the Stock Market’s Giant Problem
Have the giants gotten too big for anyone’s good? This week, the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 made up more than 37.5% of the index’s total market value. Many market commentators will tell ...
The Hill6d
DOGE officials home in on Medicare, Medicaid offices
Representatives of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have turned their focus to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency confirmed Wednesday.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette5d
Panel OKs alcohol permit legislation Military committee measure advances Medicaid bill gets Senate’s backing Midwives measure approved by House
The Arkansas House Rules Committee on Wednesday concurred with a Senate-approved amendment to a bill that ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette5d
Panel OKs alcohol permit legislation Military committee measure advances Medicaid bill gets Senate’s backing Midwives measure approved by House
The Arkansas House Rules Committee on Wednesday concurred with a Senate-approved amendment to a bill that would create the Joint Committee on Military and Veteran Affairs.