Obamacare Lawsuit Stirs Worries for Insurers
Arkansas and 19 other Republican-led states are taking their shot at dismantling the Affordable Care Act, rekindling the anxieties of health care executives who fear thousands of Arkansans could lose insurance coverage. read more >
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Not Good for Arkansas (Editorial)
The Affordable Care Act has never gained the popular support that Democrats hoped. But neither has it been as deeply unpopular as Republicans believed it would be when they spent years promising to repeal “Obamacare” and possibly to replace it. read more >
Everything Is Harder Than It Should Be (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
One of the many things I find insufferable about our current president is his insistence that hard things are easy. read more >
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Stuck in the Middle: Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers
A special legislative session starting Tuesday is expected to result in deep-red Arkansas becoming the first state to license and regulate pharmacy benefit managers. read more >
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With Health Care, Allen Kerr Seeks Freedom from Fed
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen W. Kerr has over three decades of experience in insurance and financial services. read more >
A Threat to Communities (Editorial)
Repealing the Affordable Care Act without something to replace it is scary. Especially here in Arkansas, where legislators — with Republicans in the lead — took a law they didn’t like and made lemonade. read more >
UAMS, Baptist Report Operating Losses
UAMS and Baptist Health both report millions of dollars in operating losses in the most recent fiscal year. read more >
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UAMS Tops State In Net Patient Revenue
Of the 89 hospitals on Arkansas Business’ list of the largest hospitals and medical centers in the state, 14 reported a net loss of $1 million or more while 34 had a net income of $1 million or more. read more >
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ARcare CEO Steven Collier Ready to Adapt with Whatever Washington Puts in Place
Dr. Steven Collier founded what is now ARcare in 1986, a company with nearly 700 employees and 46 clinics serving 13 counties in Arkansas and eight counties in Kentucky. read more >
The Influencers: Marcella Doderer of Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Highlights at Arkansas Children’s Hospital under Marcy Doderer’s leadership include the $167 million, 230,000-SF hospital in Springdale and the opening of the $4 million Southwest Little Rock Community Clinic. read more >
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Take Another Run at It (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
There certainly was never a plan that would do what Candidate Trump promised, which was better health care for everyone at a fraction of the cost. read more >
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French Hill Outlines Tax Reform Priorities
U.S. Rep. French Hill expects Congress to reconvene in September with a "unified approach" to tax reform crafted by the Trump administration and congressional tax leaders. read more >
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Breathtaking Hypocrisy (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
The breathtaking hypocrisy of elected Republicans when it comes to Obamacare will be the stuff of a generation of political science dissertations. read more >
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Thou Shalt Not Misrepresent (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
I did not expect the Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol to survive only a matter of hours before being plowed into by a car, deliberately and live on Facebook. Someone would have to be crazy to do that. Exactly. read more >
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Arkansas Hospitals Fear Changes in Medicaid, Arkansas Works
As the fight over health care continues in Congress, Arkansas hospital executives are worried about changes being made to Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion program known as Arkansas Works, which has saved hospitals $150 million annually in uncompensated care. read more >
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Medicaid Cuts and the Elderly (Editorial)
In their attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor. read more >
Outgoing UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn Lists the Top 7 Health Care Reforms He’d Like to See
Dr. Dan Rahn retires as chancellor of UAMS on July 31, nearly eight years after replacing Dr. I Dodd Wilson. read more >
Nothing Better About Better Care Act (Amy Dunn Johnson Commentary)
The Better Care Reconciliation Act would be a decidedly harmful step backwards, not just for those who will lose access to health insurance, but for our entire state. read more >
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An Arkansas Solution to a National Problem (Davy Carter Commentary)
Arkansas is a shining example of what states can accomplish in health care if given enough flexibility and control over designing programs that best serve their citizens. read more >
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Time for Single Payer (Feedback)
Two of our readers take on national health care and what Americans can – and can't – live without. read more >
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