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The party is asking state officials to restore Medicaid coverage to more than 184,500 Arkansans whose eligibility DHS could not confirm.
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Arkansas’ Medicaid rolls fell by more than 53,000 in September, the final month for redetermination for eligibility, according to new figures released by the state Department of Human Services.
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Arkansas’ Medicaid rolls fell by more than 72,000 in August, according to new figures released by the state Department of Human Services Friday.
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to all 50 states Wednesday, asking some to restore coverage for people who were recently disenrolled for procedural reasons.
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Total Arkansas Medicaid enrollment has gone down from more than 1 million to less than 916,000 since April, according to state data.
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Arkansas posted its highest level of disenrollment figures since beginning its redetermination process mandated by state and federal law.
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About 15% of Arkansas Medicaid recipients have lost their health insurance coverage since April, according to the state Department of Human Services.
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A coalition of 23 national health-related nonprofits expressed concern Thursday (May 11) over Arkansas’ early Medicaid disenrollment numbers.
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The Arkansas Department of Human Services has begun disenrolling thousands of Medicaid recipients for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At a press conference, the governor put forth a plan to require Medicaid recipients to work. A similar plan already failed a court challenge.