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Meet Julie, a working Arkansan who needs a doctor and still can't get her insurance reinstated

Julie, 53, is self-employed. She makes a modest living cleaning houses and painting and staging interiors in Northwest Arkansas. Until the beginning of August, she had a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan paid for via the private option. "Then, bam, you're cancelled," she said.
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Democratic Party of Arkansas denounces Asa Hutchinson's termination of Planned Parenthood Medicaid contract

The Democratic Party of Arkansas's state committee unanmiously passed a resolution calling on Gov. Asa Hutchinson to restore Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the party announced in a press release this afternoon.
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The Arkansas Medicaid mess

Nearly 50,000 lose their insurance despite the fact that many remain eligible.

The 90-day window: What happens to beneficiaries whose coverage was terminated by the state's troubled Medicaid verification system

Many of the Medicaid beneficiaries whose coverage was terminated for failing to respond within 10 days to an income-verification letter are in fact eligible for the program. Once terminated, they have 90 days to provide DHS with the relevant information and be re-enrolled without having to start over with a new application. Here's what beneficiaries in this situation should do and how the process will work (or at least how it's supposed to work).
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(***UPDATES) Federal regulations demand that states give Medicaid beneficiaries "at least 30 days" to respond to renewal notices

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other state officials have continually stated that the 10-day deadline they imposed on beneficiaries to respond to income-verification letters was kosher because it was the minimum allowed by federal rules. However, the relevant federal regulations appear to demand that states give 30 days for beneficiaries to respond.

The Arkansas Medicaid scandal: the state is purging the rolls of tens of thousands of eligible beneficiaries

Tens of thousands of Arkansans have been kicked off of Medicaid for failure to respond to an income verification letter. Many of them are eligible for the program according to the very data that triggered the letter in the first place.
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Governor gives two-week moratorium on Medicaid verification so DHS can catch up, but no relief for those already harmed

Gov. Asa Hutchinson apparently is going to inject a two-week grace period in the process that was about to throw 50,000 people off insurance coverage because of the state's insistence on a 10-day time limit to respond to letters about changes in income status.

Attorney for taekwondo center/daycare defends against beatings report

KATV continues its strong reporting on allegations of use of physical punishment at the Anderson Taekwondo Center, a state-licensed daycare that receives publicly financed vouchers to pay for children to attend. The defense of the center seems to be that admitted violations of state rules against corporal punishment were justified because the mother approved and it was used only as a "last resort." Really.
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State says no approval given for physical punishment at taekwondo center pre-K

The state Department of Human Services says the Anderson Taekwondo Center, subject of a child abuse allegation, was NOT allowed to use physical punishment of children, despite some statements over the weekend to the contrary.

Hutchinson calls faith-based 'summit' on foster care and prison reentry services

This morning, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a call to action for faith-based leaders to discuss solutions to two major issues facing the state: the shortage of foster homes for children in Department of Human Services custody, and the lack of services for former prison inmates reentering society. The "Restore Hope Summit" will be held on August 25 and 26 at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock.
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Private option's per capita costs are still flat for 2015; number of beneficiaries still rising

For fans of the private option, the good news on cost just keeps on coming: The Department of Human Services released figures today that show the per capita cost of providing health insurance to low-income Arkansans has continued to remain flat throughout 2015. That figure has hovered right around $481 since the beginning of the year and ticked slightly downward this month to $480.67.

Little Rock School District to add 300 new pre-K slots for 4-year-olds

Thanks to a federal grant to expand preschool programs, the LRSD will be able to open an additional 15 pre-K classrooms for 4-year-old children from income-eligible families in the 2015-16 school year, despite the coming loss of tens of millions in state desegregation money.
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