Medicaid is personal.
Healthcare for ALL
People in the Arkansas struggle to receive the healthcare they need. Among nations with similar GDPs, the United States stands alone in its refusal to provide healthcare to everyone. ACO has a history of winning victories that expand access to healthcare, including helping expand Medicaid expansion in Arkansas and using navigators to enroll more Arkansans in healthcare.
Arkansas was the first Southern state to expand Medicaid access to low-income and working families, as part of Affordable Care Act. Today, Medicaid is a successful program that provide healthcare coverage for over 800,000 Arkansans. Despite that, lawmakers continue to try to defund the Medicaid expansion, and throw kinks into the system, such as forbidding the Department of Human Services from spending money to promote this effective program.
Read our March 2022 report, “SICK OF WAITING: Barriers to Medicaid Keep Healthcare Out of Reach.”
We believe:
Healthcare is a human right.
Every Arkansan should have easy access to affordable healthcare.
Those of us struggling with inadequate healthcare must be the ones to speak their truth to those in power.
Together, our collective power will achieve the change we need.
Our Healthcare for ALL Platform
We can strengthen Arkansas Medicaid by advocating with DHS to fix barriers to enrollment and simplify the application process.
We can make Arkansas healthier by advocating for expanded eligibility for Medicaid, for automatic enrollment and renewal across assistance programs, and for additional coverage for basic services like dental and eyecare.
Nonprofit hospitals and medical centers must be held accountable to their obligation to provide hospital-based assistance to low-income patients.
Click to read our Medicaid community’s op-ed for the 57th anniversary of the signing of federal Medicaid legislation.
In the News: ACO member Valencia White shares her Medicaid story with 5News, following the release of our March 2022 report “SICK OF WAITING: Barriers to Medicaid Keep Healthcare Out of Reach.”
Healthcare for ALL Meetings!!!
In person option: Every Third Tuesday, 6pm, Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana, Little Rock, RSVP Here
Zoom option: same time and date as the in-person, but you can zoom into the meeting from anywhere. Look for the Zoom RSVP option on our calendar.
We Are Working to “Make Medicaid Even Better!”
NOTES from June 21 Healthcare for ALL community meeting on making Medicaid even better
NOTES from July 19 Healthcare for ALL community meeting on making Medicaid even better
NOTES from August 16 Healthcare for ALL community meeting on making Medicaid even better
Take Action Now
Sign the Petition: Fix Barriers to Medicaid
Throughout Spring 2022, we are collecting responsed to our second Medicaid survey. Survey #1 focused on the problems that people face when they apply for Medicaid (see the results in the Report below).
Survey #2 now asks Arkansas Medicaid folks about the quality of the healthcare services they receive. We all want Medicaid to be the best healthcare program it can be.
Do you have Med
Medicaid Folks: Take the Survey
Throughout Summer 2022, we are collecting responses to our second Medicaid survey. Last year, Survey #1 focused on the problems that people face when they apply for Medicaid (see your results in the Report below).
Survey #2 now asks Arkansas Medicaid folks about the quality of the healthcare services they receive. We all want Medicaid to be the best healthcare program it can be.
Do you have Medicaid? You can help make Medicaid better by taking 5 minutes to take our new Medicaid Survey now!
Read the Barriers Report
Read our 2022 report, based on surveys with some 300 Arkansans who applied for Medicaid. Based on these Medicaid applicants’ experiences, we identified fixable problems with the enrollment process. Members of our Medicaid community delivered a copy of the report to DHS on March 1.
We will be following up with DHS throughout 2022, on their review of our findings and advocating for fixes to the problems that many Arkansas Medicaid applicants and recipients face.
Read the Services Report
Read the preliminary findings from our 2022 “Make Medicaid Better” survey. Arkansas is one of seven states participating in collecting data and stories from the experts in Medicaid services: Medicaid clients.
Come to Our Next Meeting
Healthcare for ALL Community Meetings
In-person: every third Tuesday at 6pm
Online option via zoom as well
RSVP for one of our upcoming meetings. We’ll be making plans for next steps in making Arkansas Medicaid stronger and more fair.
Every Third Tuesday, 6:00pm
In person option:Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana, Little Rock, RSVP Here
Zoom option: same time and date as the in-person, but you can zoom into the meeting from anywhere. Look for the Zoom RSVP option on our calendar.