Central Arkansas Development Council opening applications for Low-Income Home Energy Assis
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Central Arkansas Development Council will start taking applications for its Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The website states that applications open on Jan. 8. The program aims to lower the energy burden by paying benefits for home energy bills. You must provide the following when applying: proof of income The […]
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What to do if you’ve lost Medicaid coverage in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — According to the Arkansas Department of Human Services, more than 420 thousand Arkansans have been disenrolled from Medicaid in the past six months. Gavin Lesnick with DHS said there are a number of reasons why people have been disenrolled or could be disenrolled. “Income is one of them, they could have […]
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Biden administration urges Arkansas, others to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid
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Google-News-Wire
- June 12, 2023
- Allie Gardner
- Andrew DeMillo
- arkansas
- Biden
- centers for medicare & medicaid services
- Child Poverty
- Federal assistance in the United States
- florida
- Health_Medical_Pharma
- Healthcare reform in the United States
- idaho
- Medi-Cal
- medicaid
- Medicaid Coverage Gap
- Medicaid Managed Care
- medicare
- Oklahoma
- Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- social issues
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- United States
- Xavier Becerra
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid rolls, citing concerns that large numbers of lower-income people are losing health care coverage due to administrative reasons. The nation’s Medicaid rolls swelled during the coronavirus pandemic as states were prohibited from ending people’s coverage. But […]
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