Medicaid expansion rolls continue to grow

The monthly report from Arkansas Human Services on enrollment in the Healthcare Independence Program, or private option version of the Medicaid expansion financed by Obamacare:

* 218,844 approved for enrollment

* 212,334

(Includes 24,492 classified as medically frail.)

Of these, 59 percent are women; 81 percent have income below 100 percent of the fedral poverty level; 66 percent are aged 19-44.
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The legislature will decide early next year whether to continue this program.