Little Rock The so-called unique “private option” in Arkansas where a federal Affordable Care Act waiver allows federal money to purchase insurance from private companies for low-income families continues to be a year-by-year battleground. Importantly this program along with Medicaid expansion, both navigated by Democratic Governor Mike Beebe through a Republican legislature, has already allowed …
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Big Talk and Slow Walk in Texas Move to Restrict Obamacare Enrollment
New Orleans There seem to be no lengths to what some states, and we’re talking about Texas now, will go to in order to try and block enrollments under the Affordable Care Act desperately sought by so many families. Governor Rick Perry, like a number of dug-in anti-Obamacare Republican governors with Presidential ambitions, was finally …
Obamacare Numbers Rising Despite Fierce Opposition
New Orleans More than one-million people enrolled under the Affordable Care Act during January bringing the numbers up to 3.3 million in so far with two months to go. Despite the disastrous start last fall, the numbers are now averaging 75% of original predictions. In the heavily contested states like Texas and Louisiana, where …