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Moms Demand Action: campus carry is a "solution without a problem"

On Capitol View over the weekend, Rep. Michelle Gray, a backer of Charlie Collins bill to force public universities and colleges to allow staff members to carry concealed handguns, faced off against Austin Bailey, director of the Arkansas Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a citizens group which opposes the bill.
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If Arkansas Republicans want state tax cuts, they should learn to love Obamacare

The governor hopes to enact more state income tax cuts. That's going to be nearly impossible if the legislature blows a hole in the budget by ending the private option.
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The Medicaid lockout: Gov. Asa Hutchinson's proposal to bar beneficiaries from coverage for six months if they miss premium payments

Here's a deep dive on the punitive "lockout" policy proposed by the Health Reform Legislative Task Force consultant and backed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Certain beneficiaries would be subject to small premiums, and if they failed to pay, they wouldn't just lose their health insurance — they would be barred from getting back on private option coverage for six months (even if they were willing to pay back what they owed for missed premiums). Hutchinson argues that beneficiaries need to face "consequences" if they fall behind on payments, but critics say it would threaten access to care, punish the poor, and lead to more uncompensated care.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson's revisionist history on the Medicaid purge

The governor tries to bamboozle us.
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Legislative Council approves Health Reform Task Force consulting contract

Legislative Council today approved the contract for the million-dollar contract for the Stephen Group on a voice vote. After plenty of fireworks in yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council Executive Subcommittee, it sounds like today's meeting of the full Council was relatively drama-free.

Strange bedfellows join to select consultant for health reform task force

A look at the curious vote splits in yesterday's Health Reform Task Force vote on a consultant. Why did Democrats join with Tea Partiers?
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Health task force selects Stephen Group as consultant

The Health Reform Legislative Task Force today voted to select the Stephen Group (of Manchester, New Hampshire) as its consultant as the task force attempts to develop a recommendation for the future of the private option and health care in Arkansas. The Stephen Group's proposal was a $1,081,500 contract.
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