(AP) – Governor Asa Hutchinson wants to add a work requirement to
Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which
would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal
health overhaul remains unclear.
The Republican governor on Monday detailed changes he'll ask the federal
government to approve for the program, which uses Medicaid funds to buy private
insurance for the poor. More than 300,000 people are on the program that was
created in 2013 as an alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health
law.
Hutchinson proposes lowering the program's eligibility to 100 percent of the
federal poverty level, which would move about 60,000 people to the subsidized
insurance marketplace. He said he wants to submit the proposals to the federal
government by June.
Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which
would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal
health overhaul remains unclear.
The Republican governor on Monday detailed changes he'll ask the federal
government to approve for the program, which uses Medicaid funds to buy private
insurance for the poor. More than 300,000 people are on the program that was
created in 2013 as an alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal health
law.
Hutchinson proposes lowering the program's eligibility to 100 percent of the
federal poverty level, which would move about 60,000 people to the subsidized
insurance marketplace. He said he wants to submit the proposals to the federal
government by June.
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