An Arkansas law promises to enhance support for pregnant women and new mothers by creating a new type of certified care in ...

Work requirements led to thousands in Arkansas losing their Medicaid during the first Trump administration. Policymakers say they've learned lessons to avoid mistakes this time.

More than a dozen states are seeking federal permission to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs. Three states — ...

The state Senate passed a bipartisan bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage on Tuesday. All it needs now is approval ...

Under the new Trump administration, some states are reviving plans to require adults to prove they are working in order to get Medicaid. When Arkansas did this in 2018, 18,000 people lost coverage.

A coalition of Arkansas minority-focused health organizations will host their first free community health fair and “baby shower,” with an emphasis on Black families, on Saturday in southeast Little ...

Arkansas is grappling with a maternal health crisis, exacerbated by a shortage in its maternity care workforce, which ranks last in the nation.

The best analyses of the impact of Medicaid work requirements have been based largely on older, voluntary state models. These ...

States like Georgia and Mississippi are enforcing Medicaid work requirements, which could reduce coverage in 2025.

Arkansas and other states tried Medicaid work requirements last decade. The results were more uninsured people and scant ...

Medicaid is a public health insurance program that covers over 72 million people, including many people with mental health conditions, as well as pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, ...

"If you focus on the mother, that trickles down to the children and the rest of the family unit," Mercy's chief medical officer said.