Arkansas Business

But expanding Medicaid will require a 75 percent supermajority vote in both the House and Senate, making it “a big hurdle” to get past, Magee said.

If Medicaid isn’t expanded, Piggott Community Hospital won’t have many options to recover lost revenue. One possibility, he said, is trying to grow market share, although that will be difficult because the area isn’t thriving.

“We wake up every morning in a smaller market than we did the day before,” Magee said. “So that does present a problem.”

Banko said cuts would force providers to consolidate “because you’re not going to be able to make it by yourself.”